CVE-2021-47973
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CVE-2021-47973 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.7/10 on the CVSS scale. Sticky Notes Widget 3.0.6 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by pasting excessively long character strings into note fields. Attackers can generate a payload containing 350000 repeated characters and paste it twice into a new note to trigger an application crash on iOS devices.. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Sticky Notes Widget 3.0.6 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by pasting excessively long character strings into note fields. Attackers can generate a payload containing 350000 repeated characters and paste it twice into a new note to trigger an application crash on iOS devices.
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- Status
- Deferred
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