CVE-2021-20185 (GCVE-0-2021-20185)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-28 19:01 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:30
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Summary
It was found in Moodle before version 3.10.1, 3.9.4, 3.8.7 and 3.5.16 that messaging did not impose a character limit when sending messages, which could result in client-side (browser) denial of service for users receiving very large messages.
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n/a moodle Affected: moodle 3.10.1, moodle 3.9.4, moodle 3.8.7, moodle 3.5.16
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