Resource exhaustion in Apple Macos
CVE-2022-24836
Nokogiri is an open source XML and HTML library for Ruby. Nokogiri `< v1.13.4` contains an inefficient regular expression that is susceptible to excessive backtracking when attempting to detect encoding in HTML documents. Users are advised…
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.035 (88.0th 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
- Apple Macos
- Nokogiri
- Sparklemotion Nokogiri — versions < 1.13.4
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0, 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 34, 35, 36
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security-advisories@github.com (Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (vendor-advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (vendor-advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (vendor-advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-24836?
- CVE-2022-24836 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-04-11.
- How severe is CVE-2022-24836?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-24836 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.