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CVE-2016-9643

Description

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).

Risk Information

Base Score
7.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.917

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK+ - GObject introspection (USN-3079-1) libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37_2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_i386.debLinux
JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK+ - GObject introspection (USN-3079-1) libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37_2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.debLinux
JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK+ - GObject introspection (USN-3079-1) libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18_2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_i386.debLinux
JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK+ - GObject introspection (USN-3079-1) libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18_2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.debLinux
Web content engine library for GTK+ (USN-3257-1) libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37_2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1_i386.debLinux
Web content engine library for GTK+ (USN-3257-1) libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37_2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1_amd64.debLinux
Web content engine library for GTK+ (USN-3257-1) libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18_2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1_i386.debLinux
Web content engine library for GTK+ (USN-3257-1) libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18_2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1_amd64.debLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234