CVE-2021-47969

Color Notes 1.4 Denial of Service via Long Character String

Published May 16, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Color Notes 1.4 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by pasting excessively long character strings into note fields. Attackers can generate a payload containing 350,000 repeated characters and paste it twice into a new note to cause the application to stop responding.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

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History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Color-notes
Color-notes color Notes
Vendors & Products Color-notes
Color-notes color Notes
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Description Color Notes 1.4 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by pasting excessively long character strings into note fields. Attackers can generate a payload containing 350,000 repeated characters and paste it twice into a new note to cause the application to stop responding.
Title Color Notes 1.4 Denial of Service via Long Character String
Weaknesses CWE-789
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
May 18, 2026, 7:55 PM
Reserved
May 16, 2026, 2:29 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
May 16, 2026, 4:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:18 AM