What is CVE-2021-40897?

CVE-2021-40897 is a high-severity vulnerability in Split-Html-To-Chars Project, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2021-40897?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Split-Html-To-Chars Project

CVE-2021-40897

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) vulnerability was discovered in split-html-to-chars v1.0.5 when splitting crafted invalid htmls.

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.010 (59.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Split-html-to-chars_project Split-html-to-chars — versions 1.0.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1333 — Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-40897?: CVE-2021-40897 is a high-severity vulnerability in Split-Html-To-Chars Project, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2021-40897?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.