Security advisory

{
  "id": "dffd2eaca55b490b6e6b8dfea89366993573349c3d220bfbb0fbd394804bbcf4",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10703",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-10703",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-10703",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-10703",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-10703",
        "GHSA-pm9p-9926-w68m"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "c1a13e811a751efb45a4463fb32f6faf1720b49e"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "71ce93988ead4b561a8592168c72143907189f01"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:ecstatic_project:ecstatic:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.0.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "71ce93988ead4b561a8592168c72143907189f01"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.4.1",
            "1.4.0",
            "1.3.1",
            "1.3.0",
            "1.2.0",
            "1.1.3",
            "1.1.2",
            "1.1.1",
            "1.1.0",
            "1.0.1",
            "1.0.0",
            "0.8.0",
            "0.7.6",
            "0.7.5",
            "0.7.3",
            "0.7.2",
            "0.7.1",
            "0.7.0",
            "0.6.1",
            "0.6.0",
            "v0.4.12",
            "v0.4.11",
            "v0.4.10",
            "v0.4.2",
            "v0.4.1",
            "v0.1.6",
            "v0.0.4"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10703.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:35.079407610Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2016-4450",
        "https://github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic/commit/71ce93988ead4b561a8592168c72143907189f01",
        "https://www.checkmarx.com/advisories/denial-of-service-dos-vulnerability-in-ecstatic-npm-package/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-10703",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379535,
  "published_at": "2017-12-14T19:29:00.197+00:00"
}