CVE-2022-29169 (GCVE-0-2022-29169)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-01 22:20 – Updated: 2025-04-23 18:20
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
ReDoS on endpoint html5client/useragent in BigBlueButton
Summary
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Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-23 15:54 UTC
CWE
- CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/se… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/pu… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/pu… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bigbluebutton | bigbluebutton |
Affected:
>= 2.2, < 2.3.19
Affected: >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.7 Affected: >= 2.5-alpha-1, < 2.5.0-beta.2 |
guessed |
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