CVE-2016-9954
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 21, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 15, 2016
Description
The backtrack compilation code in the Irregex package (aka IrRegular Expressions) before 0.9.6 for Scheme allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted regular expression with a repeating pattern.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [oss-security] 20161215 Re: CVE Request: IrRegular Expressions resource exhaustion in regex compilation [was: Re: CVE Request: resource exhaustion in regex expression handling in WebKit]mailing-list
- https://github.com/ashinn/irregex/commit/a16ffc86eca15fca9e40607d41de3cea9cf868f1
- 94942vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1413990
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