CVE-2016-2537
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Regular Expression Denial of Service in is-my-json-valid
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | is-my-json-valid | <2.12.4 | 2.12.4 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| is_my_json_valid_project | is_my_json_valid | {"endIncluding":"2.12.3"} | |
References
- https://github.com/mafintosh/is-my-json-valid/commit/eca4beb21e61877d76fdf6bea771f72f39544d9b
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/76
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2537
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/pull/4850
- https://github.com/mafintosh/is-my-json-valid/pull/159
- https://github.com/mafintosh/is-my-json-valid/commit/b3051b277f7caa08cd2edc6f74f50aeda65d2976
- https://hackerone.com/reports/317548
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f522-ffg8-j8r6
- https://github.com/mafintosh/is-my-json-valid
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/572
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/76
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.