CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-10703

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability related to regular expressions exists in the npm package ecstatic, before version 2.0.0. An attacker can overload and crash a server by sending a maliciously crafted string.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability can lead to service unavailability, impacting the organization's operational continuity and potentially resulting in loss of customer trust.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the ecstatic package to version 2.0.0 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A regular expression Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the file lib/ecstatic.js of the ecstatic npm package, before version 2.0.0, allows a remote attacker to overload and crash a server by passing a maliciously crafted string.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS