CVE-2024-21490
angular vulnerable to super-linear runtime due to backtracking
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.3%
Description
This affects versions of the package angular from 1.3.0. A regular expression used to split the value of the ng-srcset directive is vulnerable to super-linear runtime due to backtracking. With large carefully-crafted input, this can result in catastrophic backtracking and cause a denial of service. **Note:** This package is EOL and will not receive any updates to address this issue. Users should migrate to [@angular/core](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@angular/core).
How to fix CVE-2024-21490
To remediate CVE-2024-21490, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.8.3-1+deb12u1~deb11u1 or later
- —no fix listed
- —no fix listed
- —no fix listed
Is CVE-2024-21490 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 1.8.3-1+deb12u1~deb11u1
- >= 1.3.0, <= 1.8.3
- >= 1.3.0, <= 1.8.3
- >= 1.3.0, <= 1.8.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |