Vulnerability identifier: #VU52986

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28092

CWE-ID: CWE-185

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
is-svg
Web applications / JS libraries

Vendor: sindresorhus

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

is-svg: 2.1.0 - 4.2.1

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External links
http://github.com/sindresorhus/is-svg/releases
http://github.com/sindresorhus/is-svg/releases/tag/v4.2.2
http://www.npmjs.com/package/is-svg

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Q & A

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.