CVE-2016-2537 (GCVE-0-2016-2537)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-02-23 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:32
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Summary
The is-my-json-valid package before 2.12.4 for Node.js has an incorrect exports['utc-millisec'] regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked event loop) via a crafted string.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-01-17 00:00
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