CVE-2018-20801 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In js/parts/SvgRenderer.js in Highcharts JS before 6.1.0, the use of backtracking regular expressions permitted an attacker to conduct a denial of service attack against the SVGRenderer component, aka ReDoS.

Published: 2019-03-14

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:highcharts:highcharts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-0398	In js/parts/SvgRenderer.js in Highcharts JS before 6.1.0, the use of backtracking regular expressions permitted an attacker to conduct a denial of service attack against the SVGRenderer component, aka ReDoS.
Github GHSA	GHSA-xmc8-cjfr-phx3	Regular Expression Denial of Service in highcharts

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00747.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts/commit/7c547e1e0f5e4379f94396efd559a566668c0dfa
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190715-0001/
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:highcharts:20180225

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Highcharts Highcharts

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-03-14T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:12:28.318Z

Reserved: 2019-03-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20801

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-03-14T16:29:00.243

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:02:12.573

Link: CVE-2018-20801

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-185

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