7.5
HIGH
CVE-2021-29061
"Vfsjfilechooser2 Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS)"
Description

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) vulnerability was discovered in Vfsjfilechooser2 version 0.2.9 and below which occurs when the application attempts to validate crafted URIs.

INFO

Published Date :

June 21, 2021, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Vfsjfilechooser2_project vfsjfilechooser2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-29061 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/fracpete/vfsjfilechooser2/commit/9c9f2c317f3de5ece60a3ae28c371e9796e3909b
    Added Reference https://github.com/fracpete/vfsjfilechooser2/issues/7
    Added Reference https://github.com/fracpete/vfsjfilechooser2/releases/tag/vfsjfilechooser2-0.2.9
    Added Reference https://github.com/yetingli/PoCs/blob/main/CVE-2021-29061/Vfsjfilechooser2.md
    Added Reference https://github.com/yetingli/SaveResults/blob/main/md/vfsjfilechooser2.md
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 25, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/fracpete/vfsjfilechooser2/commit/9c9f2c317f3de5ece60a3ae28c371e9796e3909b No Types Assigned https://github.com/fracpete/vfsjfilechooser2/commit/9c9f2c317f3de5ece60a3ae28c371e9796e3909b Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/fracpete/vfsjfilechooser2/issues/7 No Types Assigned https://github.com/fracpete/vfsjfilechooser2/issues/7 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/fracpete/vfsjfilechooser2/releases/tag/vfsjfilechooser2-0.2.9 No Types Assigned https://github.com/fracpete/vfsjfilechooser2/releases/tag/vfsjfilechooser2-0.2.9 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/yetingli/PoCs/blob/main/CVE-2021-29061/Vfsjfilechooser2.md No Types Assigned https://github.com/yetingli/PoCs/blob/main/CVE-2021-29061/Vfsjfilechooser2.md Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/yetingli/SaveResults/blob/main/md/vfsjfilechooser2.md No Types Assigned https://github.com/yetingli/SaveResults/blob/main/md/vfsjfilechooser2.md Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-770
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vfsjfilechooser2_project:vfsjfilechooser2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.2.9
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.52 }} -11.45%

score

0.79523

percentile

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