CVE-2021-23353

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

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Published Mar 9, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 2.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

This affects the package jspdf before 2.3.1. ReDoS is possible via the addImage function.

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

n/a

jspdf

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 2.3.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:parall:jspdf:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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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-2021-0607	This affects the package jspdf before 2.3.1. ReDoS is possible via the addImage function.
Github GHSA	GHSA-57f3-gghm-9mhc	jspdf vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

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: 2.6% (2.644% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/MrRio/jsPDF/commit/d8bb3b39efcd129994f7a3b01b632164144ec43e
https://github.com/MrRio/jsPDF/pull/3091
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARS-1083289
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-1083287
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBMRRIO-1083288
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1083286
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JSPDF-1073626

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Parall Jspdf

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 1:27 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: snyk
Published: Mar 9, 2021, 6:30 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 1:27 AM
Reserved: Jan 8, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:38 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 9, 2021, 7:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:38 AM

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