CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9954
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-04-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
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.
Affected configurations
• irregex project irregex (<= 0.9.5)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94942 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1413990 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/ashinn/irregex/commit/a16ffc86eca15fca9e40607d41de3cea9cf868f1 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94942 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1413990 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/ashinn/irregex/commit/a16ffc86eca15fca9e40607d41de3cea9cf868f1 Patch, Third Party Advisory