#VU65835 Incorrect Regular Expression in Moment - CVE-2022-31129
Published: July 27, 2022 / Updated: September 7, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU65835
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31129
CWE-ID: CWE-185
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Moment
Moment
Software vendor:
Moment.js
Moment.js
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of user-supplied input when parsing overly long strings. A remote attacker can pass a string that contains more that 10k characters and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://github.com/moment/moment/commit/9a3b5894f3d5d602948ac8a02e4ee528a49ca3a3
- https://github.com/moment/moment/pull/6015#issuecomment-1152961973
- https://github.com/moment/moment/security/advisories/GHSA-wc69-rhjr-hc9g
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/f0952b67-f2ff-44a9-a9cd-99e0a87cb633/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6QIO6YNLTK2T7SPKDS4JEL45FANLNC2Q/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ORJX2LF6KMPIHP6B2P6KZIVKMLE3LVJ5/