CVE-2022-21165 (GCVE-0-2022-21165)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-29 05:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 04:15
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Arbitrary Command Injection
Summary
All versions of package font-converter are vulnerable to Arbitrary Command Injection due to missing sanitization of input that potentially flows into the child_process.exec() function.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- Arbitrary Command Injection
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-FONTCONVERT… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/zgec/node-js-font-converter/bl… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | font-converter |
Affected:
0 , < unspecified
(custom)
|
Date Public
2022-08-29 00:00
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