CVE-2022-36313

HIGH7.5EPSS 0.17%

file-type vulnerable to Infinite Loop via malformed MKV file

Published: 7/22/2022Modified: 11/8/2023
Also known as:GHSA-mhxj-85r3-2x55

Description

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.

Affected packages (1)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1HIGH7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References (11)