Regular Expression Denial of Service Vulnerability in Validate-Color by Yeting Li
CVE-2021-40892

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Validate Color Project

Status
Validate Color
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 June 2022

What is CVE-2021-40892?

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) vulnerability exists in version 2.1.0 of the validate-color library, enabling attackers to exploit crafted invalid rgb(a) strings. This flaw can lead to application slowdowns or crashes, posing a risk to the stability of systems that rely on this component for color validation.

References

https://github.com/yetingli/SaveResults/blob/main/js/vali...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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