Regular Expression DoS vulnerability

[yinxiL]

We are working on the ReDoS problem and detected 1 vulnerable regex(es) from your repository.

1: ^"(?:[^\n\f\r"\\]|\\(?:\r\n?|\n|\f)|\\[\S\s])*" in VisualAlchemist/lib/prettify/lang-css.js

Please try the following:

var pattern = "^\"(?:[^\\n\\f\\r\"\\\\]|\\\\(?:\\r\\n?|\\n|\\f)|\\\\[\\S\\s])*\"";
var input = "\"\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\\\n\n";
var re = new RegExp(pattern);
var matched = input.match(re);

We didn’t create a pull request because we're not sure if these cases are possible to take place in your program, we also do not understand the functionality of these regexes as you do. Thank you for your understanding.

[mullinmax]

Is this even really an issue? There isn't a backend server to effect right? So why not let users slow down their own computer?

[prahladyeri]

This project is being decommissioned due to lack of general interest and use. It will come back in another avatar in a better form soon, stay tuned.