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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-23424

If an attacker provides a malicious string, it will get stuck processing the input for an extremely long time.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.98%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.98%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

This affects all versions of package ansi-html. If an attacker provides a malicious string, it will get stuck processing the input for an extremely long time.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.98% probability · 79th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
ansi-html project/ansi-html
Source
report@snyk.io

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.