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file-type vulnerable to Infinite Loop via malformed MKV file

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 22, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 28, 2023

Package

npm file-type (npm)

Affected versions

>= 17.0.0, < 17.1.3
>= 13.0.0, < 16.5.4

Patched versions

17.1.3
16.5.4

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 21, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 22, 2022
Reviewed Jul 22, 2022
Last updated Jan 28, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.067%
(31st percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-36313

GHSA ID

GHSA-mhxj-85r3-2x55

Source code

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