CVE-2022-39381 Information

Description

Muhammara is a node module with c/cpp bindings to modify PDF with js for node or electron (based/replacement on/of galkhana/hummusjs). The package muhammara before 2.6.0; all versions of package hummus are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when supplied with a maliciously crafted PDF file to be appended to another. This issue has been patched in 2.6.0 for muhammara and not at all for hummus. As a workaround do not process files from untrusted sources.

Reference

https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/security/advisories/GHSA-rcrx-fpjp-mfrw https://github.com/galkahana/HummusJS/issues/293 https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/pull/194 https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/issues/191