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Denial of Service in memjs

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 10, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 12, 2023

Package

npm memjs (npm)

Affected versions

<= 1.2.0

Patched versions

None

Description

Versions of memjs prior to 1.2.2 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). The package fails to sanitize the value option passed to the Buffer constructor, which may allow attackers to pass large values exhausting system resources.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 1.2.2 or later.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 10, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Sep 12, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.1
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2018-3767

GHSA ID

GHSA-cx8m-8xmx-q8v3

Source code

No known source code
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