File:Regular expression complexity exploit.svg
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The graph above demonstrates the execution time of re = /(A+)+B/; re.test("AAAAAAA...AAAAAAAAAAAAAC"). This is intended as an illustration of why any user-specified untrusted regex should be time-limited.
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| current | 09:32, 5 February 2012 | 1,074 × 680 (125 KB) | VasilievVV (Talk | contribs) | The graph above demonstrates the execution time of <code>re = /(A+)+B/; re.test("AAAAAAA...AAAAAAAAAAAAAC")</code>. This is intended as an illustration of why any user-specified untrusted regex should be time-limited. {{self|CC-BY}} |
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