CVE-2021-3842 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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nltk is vulnerable to Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Fedoraproject	Fedora
Nltk	Nltk

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nltk:nltk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/nltk/nltk/commit/2a50a3edc9d35f57ae42a921c621edc160877f4d
https://huntr.dev/bounties/761a761e-2be2-430a-8d92-6f74ffe9866a

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntrdev

Published: 2022-01-04T14:50:09.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:09:09.531Z

Reserved: 2021-09-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-3842

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-01-04T15:15:07.833

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:05:52.633

Link: CVE-2021-3842

Redhat

No data.

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