CVE-2016-9643 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in WebKit 2.4.11, where specially crafted regular expressions can lead to excessive memory consumption. This unauthenticated, low-complexity attack can be executed remotely, resulting in high availability impact. Despite its high CVSS score of 7.5, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.4.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:webkit:webkit:2.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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