CVE-2015-6736
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-17
Code Errors
Publication date:
01/09/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025
Description
The Quiz extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via regex metacharacters in a regular expression.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:quiz_project:quiz:-:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76362
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76362
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05



