CVE-2022-25844 (Medium) detected in angular-1.8.0.min.js

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CVE-2022-25844 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - angular-1.8.0.min.js

AngularJS is an MVC framework for building web applications. The core features include HTML enhanced with custom component and data-binding capabilities, dependency injection and strong focus on simplicity, testability, maintainability and boiler-plate reduction.

Library home page: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/angular.js/1.8.0/angular.min.js

Path to dependency file: /public/folder-list.html

Path to vulnerable library: /public/folder-list.html

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ angular-1.8.0.min.js (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 22491a04178b05133dce8e009cf7ec762fa9e924

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

The package angular after 1.7.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) by providing a custom locale rule that makes it possible to assign the parameter in posPre: ' '.repeat() of NUMBER_FORMATS.PATTERNS[1].posPre with a very high value. Note: 1) This package has been deprecated and is no longer maintained. 2) The vulnerable versions are 1.7.0 and higher.

Publish Date: 2022-05-01

URL: CVE-2022-25844

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

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