#VU36063 Input validation error in highcharts - CVE-2018-20801
Published: March 14, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36063
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-2018-20801
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
highcharts
highcharts
Software vendor:
highcharts
highcharts
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.