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CVE-2021-27292 (GCVE-0-2021-27292)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-17 12:34 – Updated: 2024-08-03 20:48
VLAI
Summary
ua-parser-js >= 0.7.14, fixed in 0.7.24, uses a regular expression which is vulnerable to denial of service. If an attacker sends a malicious User-Agent header, ua-parser-js will get stuck processing it for an extended period of time.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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