Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting pygments package, versions <2.7.1+dfsg-2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-PYGMENTS-2788092
  • published10 Mar 2021
  • disclosed23 Mar 2021

Introduced: 10 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-20270  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 pygments to version 2.7.1+dfsg-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pygments package and not the pygments package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An infinite loop in SMLLexer in Pygments versions 1.5 to 2.7.3 may lead to denial of service when performing syntax highlighting of a Standard ML (SML) source file, as demonstrated by input that only contains the "exception" keyword.

CVSS Scores

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