CVE-2024-4068

high

Description

The NPM package `braces`, versions prior to 3.0.3, fails to limit the number of characters it can handle, which could lead to Memory Exhaustion. In `lib/parse.js,` if a malicious user sends "imbalanced braces" as input, the parsing will enter a loop, which will cause the program to start allocating heap memory without freeing it at any moment of the loop. Eventually, the JavaScript heap limit is reached, and the program will crash.

References

https://github.com/micromatch/braces/pull/40

https://github.com/micromatch/braces/pull/37

https://github.com/micromatch/braces/issues/35

https://github.com/micromatch/braces/commit/415d660c3002d1ab7e63dbf490c9851da80596ff

https://devhub.checkmarx.com/cve-details/CVE-2024-4068/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-05-14

Updated: 2024-07-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High