CVE-2021-44686

moderate-risk
Published 2021-12-07

calibre before 5.32.0 contains a regular expression that is vulnerable to ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) in html_preprocess_rules in ebooks/conversion/preprocess.py.

Do I need to act?

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0.41% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

35
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low