CVE-2016-4074 (GCVE-0-2016-4074)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-06 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:17
VLAI
Summary
The jv_dump_term function in jq 1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted JSON file. This issue has been fixed in jq 1.6_rc1-r0.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-04-24 00:00
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