VDB
CVE-2016-9954
CVE-2016-9954
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 2.62% · 86.0th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
2.62%
86.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | chicken | 0, 4.9.0.1-1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- [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] (circl)
- https://github.com/ashinn/irregex/commit/a16ffc86eca15fca9e40607d41de3cea9cf868f1 (circl)
- 94942 (circl)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1413990 (circl)
Timeline
- Apr 21, 2017 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 17, 2022 CVE Updated
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9954 third-party-advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/14/18 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/ashinn/irregex/commit/a16ffc86eca15fca9e40607d41de3cea9cf868f1 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9954 third-party-advisory