vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-9954): chicken vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 21, 2017
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025

Description

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.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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