VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-40892
A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) vulnerability was discovered in validate-color v2.1.0 when handling crafted invalid rgb(a) strings.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.18%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) vulnerability was discovered in validate-color v2.1.0 when handling crafted invalid rgb(a) strings.
- 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
- 1.18% probability · 66th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Affected
- validate color project/validate color
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/yetingli/SaveResults/blob/main/js/validate-color.jsExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/yetingli/SaveResults/blob/main/js/validate-color.jsExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.