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CVE-2016-2537

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2537 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the is-my-json-valid package for Node.js, affecting versions prior to 2.12.4. The flaw stems from an incorrect regular expression in the exports['utc-millisec'] component. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.5 (High), indicating that an unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit it with low complexity to cause a blocked event loop, leading to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:is_my_json_valid_project:is_my_json_valid:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0185 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: is-my-json-validFixed in: 2.12.4

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-f522-ffg8-j8r6high

Regular Expression Denial of Service in is-my-json-valid

Oct 24, 2017

References

github.com / mafintosh/is-my-json-valid/commit/eca4beb21e61877d76fdf6bea771f72f39544d9b
Patch
nodesecurity.io / advisories/76