Vulnerability identifier: #VU36063
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
highcharts
Web applications /
JS libraries
Vendor: 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.
Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
highcharts: 6.0.0 - 6.0.7
External links
http://github.com/highcharts/highcharts/commit/7c547e1e0f5e4379f94396efd559a566668c0dfa
http://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190715-0001/
http://snyk.io/vuln/npm:highcharts:20180225
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.