CVE-2017-20190
N/A
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Summary
Some Microsoft technologies as used in Windows 8 through 11 allow a temporary client-side performance degradation during processing of multiple Unicode combining characters, aka a "Zalgo text" attack. NOTE: third parties dispute whether the computational cost of interpreting Unicode data should be considered a vulnerability.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://talk.dynalist.io/t/dynalist-is-vulnerable-to-zalgo/1234
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zalgo_text
- https://aka.ms/windowsbugbar
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical Impact: total
References
- https://talk.dynalist.io/t/dynalist-is-vulnerable-to-zalgo/1234
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zalgo_text
- https://aka.ms/windowsbugbar
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