vulnerability

Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2016-9643)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 7, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025

Description

The regex code in WebKitGTK+ before 2.14.6 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).

Solution

arch-linux-upgrade-latest
Title
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