CVE-2016-4074: Jq Project Jq

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 5.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Jq Project Jq: up to and including 1.5

Published 2016-05-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.