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CVE-2024-25885 (GCVE-0-2024-25885)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-08 00:00 – Updated: 2026-07-05 16:04
VLAI
Summary
An issue in the getcolor function in utils.py of xhtml2pdf v0.2.13 allows attackers to cause a Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) via supplying a crafted string.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-09 14:11 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
xhtml2pdf xhtml2pdf Affected: 0.2.13
    cpe:2.3:a:xhtml2pdf:xhtml2pdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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