CVE-2019-20149 (GCVE-0-2019-20149)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-30 18:25 – Updated: 2024-08-05 02:39
VLAI
Summary
ctorName in index.js in kind-of v6.0.2 allows external user input to overwrite certain internal attributes via a conflicting name, as demonstrated by 'constructor': {'name':'Symbol'}. Hence, a crafted payload can overwrite this builtin attribute to manipulate the type detection result.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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