CVE-2025-29918: Backtracking Infinite Loop Missing Progress Check
A parsing or matching loop restores a previous offset context without checking if progress was made. In scenarios such as zero-width or negated regex matches, the cursor might not advance, causing an infinite loop upon backtracking.
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A parsing or matching loop restores a previous offset context without checking if progress was made. In scenarios such as zero-width or negated regex matches, the cursor might not advance, causing an infinite loop upon backtracking.
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