CVE-2021-20270

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An infinite loop in SMLLexer in Pygments versions 1.5 to 2.7.3 may lead to denial of service when performing syntax highlighting of a Standard ML (SML) source file, as demonstrated by input that only contains the "exception" keyword.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-835

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 23, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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