Resource exhaustion in Imbrn V8n

CVE-2022-35923

v8n is a javascript validation library. Versions of v8n prior to 1.5.1 were found to have an inefficient regular expression complexity in the `lowercase()` and `uppercase()` regex which could lead to a denial of service attack. In testing of the `lowercase()` function a payload of 'a' + 'a'.repeat(i) + 'A' with 32 leading characters took 29443 ms to execute. The same issue happens with uppercase(). Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

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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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (75.8th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-35923: held from 0.016 to 0.017.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.017 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-35923?
CVE-2022-35923 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imbrn V8n, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2022-35923?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.