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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2021-29060

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) vulnerability was discovered in Color-String version below 1.5.5 which occurs when the application is provided and checks a crafted invalid HWB string.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
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  • NONE
  • LOW

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published