CVE-2015-6736

Published: Sep 1, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

The Quiz extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via regex metacharacters in a regular expression.

Affected (1)

Products: Quiz Project: Quiz

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Quiz Project Quiz	All versions

Related CWEs

References (12)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76362

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76362

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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