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CVE-2025-12758

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Description

Versions of the package validator before 13.15.22 are vulnerable to Incomplete Filtering of One or More Instances of Special Elements in the isLength() function that does not take into account Unicode variation selectors (\uFE0F, \uFE0E) appearing in a sequence which lead to improper string length calculation. This can lead to an application using isLength for input validation accepting strings significantly longer than intended, resulting in issues like data truncation in databases, buffer overflows in other system components, or denial-of-service.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.7 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
Published
2025-11-27 05:16:12.193000
Last modified
2026-10-19 13:10:00.110000
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