FKIE_CVE-2021-4229

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-05-24 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:19
Severity
5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A vulnerability was found in ua-parser-js 0.7.29/0.8.0/1.0.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the crypto mining component which introduces a backdoor. Upgrading to version 0.7.30, 0.8.1 and 1.0.1 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
References
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pjwm-rvh2-c87wThird Party Advisory
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/faisalman/ua-parser-js/issues/536Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?id.185453Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pjwm-rvh2-c87wThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/faisalman/ua-parser-js/issues/536Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://vuldb.com/?id.185453Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ua-parser-js_project ua-parser-js 0.7.29
ua-parser-js_project ua-parser-js 0.8.0
ua-parser-js_project ua-parser-js 1.0.0
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