CairoSVG is a Python (pypi) package. CairoSVG is an SVG converter based on Cairo. In CairoSVG before version 2.5.1, there is a regular expression denial of service (REDoS) vulnerability. When processing SVG files, the python package CairoSVG uses two regular expressions which are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (REDoS). If an attacker provides a malicious SVG, it can make cairosvg get stuck processing the file for a very long time. This is fixed in version 2.5.1. See Referenced GitHub advisory for more information.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2021-01-06T17:00:19

Updated: 2024-08-03T18:09:15.166Z

Reserved: 2020-12-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-21236

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Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-01-06T17:15:23.733

Modified: 2021-01-13T15:43:11.207

Link: CVE-2021-21236

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