CVE-2018-20801
HIGHHighcharts < 6.1.0 - Denial of Service via ReDoS in SVGRenderer
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190715-0001/
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:highcharts:20180225
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts/commit/7c547e1e0f5e4379f94396efd559a566668c0dfa
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0317
EPSS Percentile
86.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-185
Status
published
Products (2)
highcharts/highcharts
< 6.1.0
npm/highcharts
0 - 6.1.0npm
Published
Mar 14, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026