{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2016-9643", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The regex code in Webkit 2.4.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) as demonstrated in a large number of ($ (open parenthesis and dollar) followed by {-2,16} and a large number of +) (plus close parenthesis)." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "1038137", "refsource": "SECTRACK", "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038137" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20161126 Re: CVE Request: resource exhaustion in regex expression handling in WebKit", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/26/5" }, { "name": "GLSA-201706-15", "refsource": "GENTOO", "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-15" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20161126 CVE Request: resource exhaustion in regex expression handling in WebKit", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/26/2" }, { "name": "94559", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94559" } ] } }