CVE-2016-9954

Description

The backtrack compilation code in the Irregex package (aka IrRegular Expressions) before 0.9.6 for Scheme allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted regular expression with a repeating pattern.

References

https://github.com/ashinn/irregex/commit/a16ffc86eca15fca9e40607d41de3cea9cf868f1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1413990

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94942

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/8

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3