What is CVE-2016-10521?

CVE-2016-10521 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hackerone Jshamcrest Node Module, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-05-31.

How severe is CVE-2016-10521?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-10521 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Hackerone Jshamcrest Node Module

CVE-2016-10521

jshamcrest is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) when certain types of user input is passed in to the emailAddress validator.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.011 (62.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Hackerone Jshamcrest Node Module — versions All versions
Jshamcrest_project Jshamcrest

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

support@hackerone.com (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10521?: CVE-2016-10521 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hackerone Jshamcrest Node Module, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-05-31.
How severe is CVE-2016-10521?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10521 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.