CVE-2021-20270 Information

Description

An infinite loop in SMLLexer in Pygments versions 1.5 to 2.7.3 may lead to denial of service when performing syntax highlighting of a Standard ML (SML) source file as demonstrated by input that only contains the xception\ keyword.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1922136 https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4889 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00003.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00006.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5