{ "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" : "[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" : "[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" : "94559", "refsource" : "BID", "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94559" }, { "name" : "1038137", "refsource" : "SECTRACK", "url" : "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038137" } ] } }