CVE-2016-10521 : jshamcrest is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) when ce

jshamcrest is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) when certain types of user input is passed in to the emailAddress validator.

Published 2018-05-31 20:29:01

Updated 2019-10-09 23:16:42

Source HackerOne

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: Input validationDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2016-10521

Jshamcrest Project » Jshamcrest » For Node.js
Versions from including (>=) 0.6.7 and up to, including, (<=) 0.7.1
cpe:2.3:a:jshamcrest_project:jshamcrest:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Matching versions

EPSS FAQ

0.33%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 53 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
5.0	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	10.0	2.9	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Partial
7.5	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	3.9	3.6	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: None Integrity: None Availability: High

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

Assigned by: support@hackerone.com (Secondary)

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