CVE-2021-47972Disclosure

LOWCVSS 8.7 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Sticky Notes & Color Widgets 1.4.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by creating notes with excessively long character strings. Attackers can paste large payloads of repeated characters into note fields to trigger application crashes and make the application stop responding.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-789

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-05-17: 1Technical Details · 2026-05-17: 105-17
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse1 post
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2021-47972 Sticky Notes & Color Widgets 1.4.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by creating notes with excessively long c… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47972

    Post summary

    The post announces a denial‑of‑service flaw in Sticky Notes & Color Widgets 1.4.2 (CVE‑2021‑47972) that exploits excessively long notes to crash the application, but it offers no PoC, patch, or exploitation details.

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