CVE-2016-10707 Denial of Service in jquery
An attacker can cause a denial of service in applications using jQuery by triggering infinite recursion via mixed-case boolean attribute names.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-10707?
CVE-2016-10707 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Jan 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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 call limit.
Weakness: CWE-674
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10707?
8 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.webjars.npm:jquery, jQuery and jquery-rails. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.webjars.npm:jquery Maven | From 3.0.0-rc1 | 3.0.0 |
org.webjars.npm:jquery Maven | From 3.0.0-rc1 | 3.0.0 |
jQuery NuGet | From 3.0.0-rc.1 | 3.0.0 |
jQuery NuGet | From 3.0.0-rc.1 | 3.0.0 |
jquery-rails RubyGems | From 3.0.0-rc.1 | 3.0.0 |
jquery-rails RubyGems | From 3.0.0-rc.1 | 3.0.0 |
2 more packages
jquery npm | From 3.0.0-rc.1 | 3.0.0 |
jquery npm | From 3.0.0-rc.1 | 3.0.0 |
Products include Jquery Jquery.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10707?
Upgrade org.webjars.npm:jquery to 3.0.0 or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-10707 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10707 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mhpp-875w-9cpv.