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Vulnerability Identifier

CVE-2024-21490

2024-02-10
Severity Assessment
7.5
HIGH
CVSS v3.x Score
Clinical Analysis (Description)

This affects versions of the package angular from 1.3.0. A regular expression used to split the value of the ng-srcset directive is vulnerable to super-linear runtime due to backtracking. With large carefully-crafted input, this can result in catastrophic backtracking and cause a denial of service.


**Note:**

This package is EOL and will not receive any updates to address this issue. Users should migrate to [@angular/core](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@angular/core).

Vector Sequencing

Attack Parameters

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Impact Consequences

Technical Impact

Unchanged
Scope
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Classification

CWE-CWE-1333

Affected Population

Affected Configurations

Total: 71 detected entries

Software List Scrollable
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.4.14
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.4.10
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.4
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.15
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.17
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.0
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.18
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.7.3
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.20
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.2
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.5.11
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.10
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.4.7
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.7.5
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.4.0
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.5.7
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.14
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.4.5
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.6.10
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.6.9
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.7.1
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.4.1
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.9
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.5.2
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.6.4
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.5.10
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.7.0
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.5.9
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.5.4
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.7.7
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.8
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.5
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.6.1
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.5.1
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.4.6
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.5.8
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.4.4
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.6.2
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.4.9
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.4.13
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.5.6
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.3
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.19
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.6.7
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.4.2
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.4.8
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.1
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.6.0
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.13
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.7.2
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.6
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.4.11
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.8.0
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.7.6
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.11
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.5.5
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.6.3
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.4.3
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.12
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.5.0
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.7.9
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.6.5
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.7.8
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.16
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.9.6
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.3.7
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.6.8
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.6.6
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.5.3
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.7.4
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angular.js
Vendor: angularjs • v1.4.12
Timeline

Time Line

PUBLICATION
10 Feb 2024
MODIFICATION
03 Nov 2025
FIRST PATCH
14 Jan 2026
Impact Statistics

Key Metrics

CVSS Score
7.5
HIGH
Products
71
Affected
Patches
1
Available
Remediation Protocol

Recommended Solution

No automatic solution found. Check vendor references.
Recommended Actions for Administrators

Immediate Action Plan

1. Inventory

Identify all affected systems in your infrastructure.

2. Assessment

Assess exposure and criticality for your organization.

3. Mitigation

Apply patches or available workarounds.

4. Verification

Test and confirm effectiveness of applied measures.