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GHSA-mhxj-85r3-2x55

file-type vulnerable to Infinite Loop via malformed MKV file

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2022-36313

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npm file-type >= 13.0.0, < 16.5.4 16.5.4
npm file-type >= 17.0.0, < 17.1.3 17.1.3

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

An issue was discovered in the file-type package from 13.0.0 until 16.5.4 and 17.x before 17.1.3 for Node.js. A malformed MKV file could cause the file type detector to get caught in an infinite loop. This would make the application become unresponsive and could be used to cause a DoS attack when used on a web server.

References

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