CVE-2016-4074

moderate-risk
Published 2016-05-06

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.

Do I need to act?

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2.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Jq

Affected Vendors

Jq Project

References (12)

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/3
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/4
Patch https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/18908
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/10263
Product https://github.com/stedolan/jq/
Exploit https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/1136
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/3
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/4
Patch https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/18908
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/10263
Product https://github.com/stedolan/jq/
Exploit https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/1136
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal