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8.7 HIGH

CVSS version (CVSS): 4.0
Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
Attack Requirement (AT): None (N)
Privileges Required (PR): None (N)
User Interaction (UI): None (N)
Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC): None (N)
Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI): None (N)
Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA): High (H)
Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC): None (N)
Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI): None (N)
Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA): None (N)
Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
Modified Attack Requirement (MAT): None (N)
Modified Privileges Required (MPR): None (N)
Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
Modified Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (MVC): None (N)
Modified Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (MVI): None (N)
Modified Vulnerable System Impact Availability (MVA): High (H)
Modified Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (MSC): Negligible (N)
Modified Subsequent System Impact Integrity (MSI): Negligible (N)
Modified Subsequent System Impact Availability (MSA): Negligible (N)
Safety (S): Not Defined (X)
Automatable (AU): Not Defined (X)
Recovery (R): Not Defined (X)
Value Density (V): Not Defined (X)
Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Not Defined (X)
Provider Urgency (U): Not Defined (X)
Confidentiality Req. (CR): Not Defined (X)
Integrity Req. (IR): Not Defined (X)
Availability Req. (AR): Not Defined (X)
Exploit Maturity (E): Not Defined (X)

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Created suggestion 1 day, 18 hours ago

nltk PorterStemmer before 3.10.3 Quadratic-time DoS

nltk PorterStemmer in versions <= 3.10.2 (fixed in 3.10.3) contains an inefficient-algorithmic-complexity denial of service in PorterStemmer.stem(). The _is_consonant() helper walks backward over the entire run of trailing 'y' characters on every call, and _measure() invokes it for each stem position, causing O(n^2) behavior. A single ~20-50 KB untrusted token consisting of a long run of the letter 'y' followed by a matching suffix (e.g., 'ness') can pin a CPU core for seconds to minutes, causing availability impact.