CVE-2016-2537

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-2537

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2016-02-23T05:59:01

Last Modified Date
2016-02-29T22:22:43

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:is_my_json_valid_project:is_my_json_valid::::::node.js::*	1	OR		2.12.3

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.5

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/mafintosh/is-my-json-valid/commit/eca4beb21e61877d76fdf6bea771f72f39544d9b	Patch
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/76

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2537
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2537

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 10:17:48				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:28:21	2016-02-23T05:59Z	2016-02-23T05:59:01	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 08:28:21		2016-02-29T22:22:43	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 08:28:21		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated