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CVE-2022-36313 (GCVE-0-2022-36313)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-07-21 15:31 – Updated: 2024-08-03 10:00
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in the file-type package before 16.5.4 and 17.x before 17.1.3 for Node.js. A malformed MKV file could cause the file type detector to get caught in an infinite loop. This would make the application become unresponsive and could be used to cause a DoS attack.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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