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CVE-2022-36313

MEDIUM

5.5

Description

An issue was discovered in the file-type package before 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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.5

SeverityMEDIUM

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

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published7/21/2022

Last Modified3/17/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

sindresorhus:file-type

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-835

References

https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type/releases/tag/v16.5.4(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type/releases/tag/v17.1.3(cve@mitre.org)

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220909-0005/(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.npmjs.com/package/file-type(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type/releases/tag/v16.5.4(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type/releases/tag/v17.1.3(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220909-0005/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.npmjs.com/package/file-type(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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