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Security checkMarch 19, 2025

jsPDF Bypass Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

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Description

User control of the first argument of the addImage method results in CPU utilization and denial of service.

If given the possibility to pass unsanitized image urls to the addImage method, a user can provide a harmful data-url that results in high CPU utilization and denial of service.

Other affected methods are: html, addSvgAsImage.

Recommendation

Update the jspdf package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): < 3.0.1
  • Patched version(s): 3.0.1

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