Vigil@nce - CodeMirror: denial of service via Regular Expression
January 2021 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerabilities-watch-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on server, denial of service on
service, denial of service on client.
Provenance: internet client.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 02/11/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a fatal error via Regular Expression of
CodeMirror, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/CodeMirror-denial-of-service-via-Regular-Expression-33756