CVE-2021-39157 Information

Description

detect-character-encoding is an open source character encoding inspection library. In detect-character-encoding v0.6.0 and earlier data matching no charset causes the Node.js process to crash. The problem has been patched in detect-character-encoding v0.7.0. No workaround are available and all users should update to resolve this issue.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/security/advisories/GHSA-jqfh-8hw5-fqjr https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/commit/992a11007fff6cfd40b952150ab8d30410c4a20a https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/issues/15

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5