CVE-2016-10521 describes a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability in the jshamcrest library, specifically within its emailAddress validator. This flaw allows an attacker to trigger a denial of service by providing specially crafted input to the validator. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to a complete denial of service for affected systems. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.6.7, <= 0.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jshamcrest_project:jshamcrest:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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