High severity · published Mar 14, 2019
CVE-2018-20801
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…
7.5
CVSS
3.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.2% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HI
Highcharts · Highcharts
before 6.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20801
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20801
Patch
https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts/commit/7c547e1e0f5e4379f94396efd559a566668c0dfa
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190715-0001/
Exploit
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:highcharts:20180225
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