UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4074

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4074
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4074.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4074
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Published
2016-05-06T17:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:49:43.526169Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / jq

Package

Name
jq
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/jq@1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm2

Affected versions

1.*

1.4-2.1
1.5+dfsg-1
1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

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