Security advisory

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  "id": "a12f9d2b57c0a818417929e8b83adf391250487b12db41ad6da148d930c3d16f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2537",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-2537",
    "summary": "The is-my-json-valid package before 2.12.4 for Node.js has an incorrect exports['utc-millisec'] regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked event loop) via a crafted string.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-2537",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-2537",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-2537",
        "GHSA-f522-ffg8-j8r6"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/mafintosh/is-my-json-valid",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "822c5815f7ae4c50ed0c71451cb4dc3ea177be14"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "eca4beb21e61877d76fdf6bea771f72f39544d9b"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:is_my_json_valid_project:is_my_json_valid:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.12.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "eca4beb21e61877d76fdf6bea771f72f39544d9b"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v2.12.3",
            "v2.12.2",
            "v2.12.1",
            "v2.12.0",
            "v2.11.0",
            "v2.10.1",
            "v2.10.0",
            "v2.9.4",
            "v2.9.3",
            "v2.9.2",
            "v2.9.1",
            "v2.9.0",
            "v2.8.0",
            "v2.7.0",
            "v2.6.0",
            "v2.5.0",
            "v2.4.1",
            "v2.4.0",
            "v2.3.0",
            "v2.2.1",
            "v2.2.0",
            "v2.1.0",
            "v2.0.3",
            "v2.0.2",
            "v2.0.1",
            "v2.0.0",
            "v1.4.0",
            "v1.3.9",
            "v1.3.8",
            "v1.3.7",
            "v1.3.6",
            "v1.3.5",
            "v1.3.4",
            "v1.3.3",
            "v1.3.2",
            "v1.3.1",
            "v1.3.0",
            "v1.2.0",
            "v1.1.0",
            "v1.0.1",
            "v1.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2537.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:26.262529251Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/76",
        "https://github.com/mafintosh/is-my-json-valid/commit/eca4beb21e61877d76fdf6bea771f72f39544d9b"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-2537",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379399,
  "published_at": "2016-02-23T05:59:01.217+00:00"
}