CVE-2016-4074 (GCVE-0-2016-4074)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-05-06 17:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:17
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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.
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