Description
Crass is a Ruby CSS parser that's fully compliant with the CSS Syntax Level 3 specification. Prior to 1.0.7, Crass converts `CSS scientific notation` number values with unbounded exponentiation before clamping the result to `Float::MAX`. Applications that use Crass to parse attacker-controlled CSS strings can be forced to spend disproportionate CPU and memory parsing a tiny input, potentially resulting in a crash. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.7.
Published: 2026-10-30
Score: 8.9 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6wmf-3r64-vcwv Crass : Large numeric exponents cause CPU and memory denial of service
History

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Rgrove
Rgrove crass
Vendors & Products Rgrove
Rgrove crass

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Description Crass is a Ruby CSS parser that's fully compliant with the CSS Syntax Level 3 specification. Prior to 1.0.7, Crass converts `CSS scientific notation` number values with unbounded exponentiation before clamping the result to `Float::MAX`. Applications that use Crass to parse attacker-controlled CSS strings can be forced to spend disproportionate CPU and memory parsing a tiny input, potentially resulting in a crash. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.7.
Title Crass: Large numeric exponents cause CPU and memory denial of service
Weaknesses CWE-789
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-30T19:41:24.227Z

Reserved: 2026-07-10T20:28:17.513Z

Link: CVE-2026-61845

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-30T19:18:28.197

Modified: 2026-10-30T20:17:11.263

Link: CVE-2026-61845

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-30T20:30:14Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-789

    Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value