CVE-2018-20801

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Published Mar 14, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 3.2% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:highcharts:highcharts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-0398	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.
Github GHSA	GHSA-xmc8-cjfr-phx3	Regular Expression Denial of Service in highcharts

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.2% (3.169% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts/commit/7c547e1e0f5e4379f94396efd559a566668c0dfa
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190715-0001/
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:highcharts:20180225

History

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Subscriptions

Highcharts Highcharts

Weaknesses

CWE-185

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 12:12 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 14, 2019, 4:00 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 12:12 PM
Reserved: Mar 14, 2019, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:53 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 14, 2019, 4:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:53 AM

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