7.4

CVE-2021-32723: oracle application_express Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 7.4v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-32723GHSA-gj77-59wh-66hg
Published 28-06-2021Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-32723 is a high (CVSS 7.4) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in oracle application_express. EPSS estimates a 1.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.4/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.42%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 28-06-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Prism is a syntax highlighting library. Some languages before 1.24.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). When Prism is used to highlight untrusted (user-given) text, an attacker can craft a string that will take a very very long time to highlight. This problem has been fixed in Prism v1.24. As a workaround, do not use ASCIIDoc or ERB to highlight untrusted text. Other languages are not affected and can be used to highlight untrusted text.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

72%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 1.43% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.42%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Npm1 product
  • prismjs< 1.24.0
Oracle1 product
Prismjs1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • node-prismjsAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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