FKIE_CVE-2021-39157

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-08-24 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:03
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
detect-character-encoding is an open source character encoding inspection library. In detect-character-encoding v0.6.0 and earlier, data matching no charset causes the Node.js process to crash. The problem has been patched in [detect-character-encoding v0.7.0](https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/releases/tag/v0.7.0). No workaround are available and all users should update to resolve this issue.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/commit/992a11007fff6cfd40b952150ab8d30410c4a20aPatch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/issues/15Exploit, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/security/advisories/GHSA-jqfh-8hw5-fqjrExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/commit/992a11007fff6cfd40b952150ab8d30410c4a20aPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/issues/15Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/security/advisories/GHSA-jqfh-8hw5-fqjrExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
detect-character-encoding_project detect-character-encoding *
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