CVE-2018-19826 describes a Denial of Service vulnerability in LibSass 3.5.5, specifically affecting sass-lang, where crafted Sass input files containing stray '&' or '/' characters can lead to a high memory footprint and an endless loop. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in high availability impact. Despite its potential, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and the upstream developers have marked it as "won't fix" due to it being considered "works as intended" by design.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sass-lang:libsass:3.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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