What is CVE-2016-10707?

CVE-2016-10707 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jquery, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-01-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-10707?

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

Is CVE-2016-10707 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Jquery

CVE-2016-10707

jQuery 3.0.0-rc.1 is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to removing a logic that lowercased attribute names. Any attribute getter using a mixed-cased name for boolean attributes goes into an infinite recursion, exceeding the stack c…

EPSS: 0.029 (85.1th 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

Jquery — versions 3.0.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10707?: CVE-2016-10707 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jquery, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-01-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-10707?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10707 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.