Denial of service in jQuery - CVE-2016-10707

 

Denial of service in jQuery - CVE-2016-10707

Published: December 26, 2016 / Updated: January 31, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7281
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10707
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: The jQuery Team
Affected software:
jQuery

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when processing attributes. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and trigger the infinite loop within jQuery code.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-10707

Update to version 3.0.0.

Sources