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CVE-2016-9954
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-04-21T20:59:00.883 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:56:49.770

Summary

The backtrack compilation code in the Irregex package (aka IrRegular Expressions) before 0.9.6 for Scheme allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted regular expression with a repeating pattern.

Affected products

irregex_project — irregex

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References

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