CVE-2021-4229 (GCVE-0-2021-4229)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-05-24 15:30
Modified
2025-04-15 14:38
Severity ?
5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
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.
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unspecified ua-parser-js Version: 0.7.29
Version: 0.8.0
Version: 1.0.0
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