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DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24729

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24729 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. CKEditor4 prior to version 4.18.0 contains a vulnerability in the `dialog` plugin. The vulnerability allows abuse of a dialog input validator regular expression, which can cause a significant performance drop resulting in a browser tab freeze. A patch is available in version 4.18.0. There are currently no known workarounds.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11ckeditor0, 4.16.0+dfsg, 4.16.2+dfsg
Debian:12ckeditor0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Mar 16, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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