CVE-2016-4074 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Project JQ

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption12 documents9 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.3%
top 20.38%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Jqlang JQJQ Project JQ
Timeline
PublishedMay 6
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianjqlang/jq< 1.5+dfsg-1.1+3
▶NVDjq_project/jq1.5

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-63w9-2p7c-mwwp: The jv_dump_term function in jq 1↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2016-4074: The jv_dump_term function in jq 1↗2016-05-06
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OSV
CVE-2016-4074: The jv_dump_term function in jq 1↗2016-05-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
jq vulnerability↗2021-03-15
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Microsoft
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.↗2016-05-10
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Red Hat
jq: stack exhaustion via jv_dump_term() function↗2016-04-24
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Debian
CVE-2016-4074: jq - The jv_dump_term function in jq 1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...↗2016
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4074 jq: stack exhaustion via jv_dump_term() function [fedora-all]↗2016-04-25
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4074 jq: stack exhaustion via jv_dump_term() function↗2016-04-25
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4074 jq: stack exhaustion via jv_dump_term() function [epel-6]↗2016-04-25
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4074 jq: stack exhaustion via jv_dump_term() function [epel-7]↗2016-04-25
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CVE-2016-4074 — JQ Project JQ vulnerability | cvebase