Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting chromium-browser package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-3226871
  • published6 Jan 2023
  • disclosed5 Jan 2023

Introduced: 5 Jan 2023

CVE-2017-20162  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chromium-browser package and not the chromium-browser package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in vercel ms up to 1.x. This issue affects the function parse of the file index.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.0.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is named caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217451.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1