Vulnerability identifier: #VU85172
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-185
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Handsontable
Web applications /
JS libraries
Vendor:
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 in the Handsontable.helper.isNumeric function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.
Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
External links
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBHANDSONTABLE-1726794
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARS-1726795
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-1726796
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1726797
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-HANDSONTABLE-1726770
http://github.com/handsontable/handsontable/issues/8752
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-DOTNET-HANDSONTABLE-1726793
http://github.com/handsontable/handsontable/pull/8742
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.