CVE-2016-9954 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Irregex package (IrRegular Expressions) for Scheme, affecting versions prior to 0.9.6. This flaw allows remote attackers to consume excessive memory by submitting a specially crafted regular expression containing a repeating pattern. Rated 7.5 HIGH, this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:irregex_project:irregex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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