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CVE-2016-2537

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Date: February 22, 2016

The is-my-json-valid package before 2.12.4 for Node.js has an incorrect exports['utc-millisec'] regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked event loop) via a crafted string.

Language: Java

Severity Score

Related Resources (12)

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/76
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/572
https://github.com/mafintosh/is-my-json-valid/commit/eca4beb21e61877d76fdf6bea771f72f39544d9b
https://github.com/mafintosh/is-my-json-valid/commit/b3051b277f7caa08cd2edc6f74f50aeda65d2976
https://github.com/mafintosh/is-my-json-valid
https://hackerone.com/reports/317548
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f522-ffg8-j8r6
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2537
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/76
https://github.com/mafintosh/is-my-json-valid/pull/159
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/pull/4850
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-2537

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

CWE-1333

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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