CVE-2016-9954

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - security@debian.org

Published

2017-04-21

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected products

• Irregex (Irregex Project)

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/8
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94942
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1413990
• https://github.com/ashinn/irregex/commit/a16ffc86eca15fca9e40607d41de3cea9cf868f1