Jq · Jq · CVE-2016-4074
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
jq versions 1.5
**Description**
The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in stack consumption and application crash, via a crafted JSON file. This is due to a problem in the `jv dump term` function.
**Recommendations**
For jq version 1.5, update to version 1.6 rc1-r0 to resolve the issue.