CVE-2021-32723
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-06-28 19:15
Modified
2024-08-03 23:33
Severity ?
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in Prism
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/PrismJS/prism/pull/2688Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/PrismJS/prism/pull/2774Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/PrismJS/prism/security/advisories/GHSA-gj77-59wh-66hgThird Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
PrismJSprism
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