The jvdumpterm 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.
{ "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro", "ubuntu_priority": "medium", "binaries": [ { "binary_version": "1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm2", "binary_name": "jq" }, { "binary_version": "1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm2", "binary_name": "jq-dbgsym" } ] }