Vulnerability CVE-2016-9954
Published: 2017-04-21

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Irregex project -> Irregex 

 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
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