usn-4897-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-03-30 16:33
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
pygments vulnerability
Details

Ben Caller discovered that Pygments incorrectly handled parsing certain files. If a user or automated system were tricked into parsing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pygments to hang or consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.

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