# CVE-2021-29063: A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) vulnerability was discovered in Mpmath v1.0.0 through v1.2.1 when the mpmathify function is c

- Also known as: PYSEC-2021-427, GHSA-F865-M6CQ-J9VX
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.3.0
- Published: 2021-06-21 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- mpmath (PyPI): fixed in 1.3.0

## Description

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) vulnerability was discovered in Mpmath v1.0.0 through v1.2.1 when the mpmathify function is called.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, mpmath, upgrade to a fixed version (1.3.0) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/yetingli/SaveResults/blob/main/js/hosted-git-info.js
- https://github.com/npm/hosted-git-info/pull/76
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/hosted-git-info
- https://github.com/yetingli/PoCs/blob/main/CVE-2021-29063/Mpmath.md
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3M5O55E7VUDMXCPQR6MQTOIFDKHP36AA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MS2U6GLXQSRZJE2HVUAUMVFR2DWQLCZG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EIUX3XWY2K3MSO7QXMZXQQYAURARSPC5/
- https://github.com/fredrik-johansson/mpmath/commit/46d44c3c8f3244017fe1eb102d564eb4ab8ef750
- https://github.com/mpmath/mpmath/releases/tag/1.3.0

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