CVE-2021-39157 HIGH

CVE-2021-39157: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in detect-character-encoding

Vendor Sonicdoe

Product detect-character-encoding

Weakness CWE-755

Published August 24, 2021

Last update August 4, 2024

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CVSS base score

7.5/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 24, 2021 CVE published

August 4, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39157 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/755.html