Vulnerability identifier: #VU73969

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25927

CWE-ID: CWE-185

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
UAParser.js
Web applications / JS libraries

Vendor: Faisal Salman

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation passed via the trim() function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

UAParser.js: 0.1 - 1.0.32

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External links
http://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-UAPARSERJS-3244450
http://github.com/faisalman/ua-parser-js/commit/a6140a17dd0300a35cfc9cff999545f267889411

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.