| Assigner | Checkmarx |
| Reserved | 2024-04-23 |
| Published | 2024-05-13 |
| Updated | 2024-06-13 |
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.
| CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Problem types
CWE-1050: Excessive Platform Resource Consumption within a Loop
Product status
Any version
Credits
Mário Teixeira, Checkmarx Research Group
References
https://github.com/micromatch/braces/issues/35
https://devhub.checkmarx.com/cve-details/CVE-2024-4068/
https://github.com/micromatch/braces/pull/37
https://github.com/micromatch/braces/pull/40
https://github.com/micromatch/braces/commit/415d660c3002d1ab7e63dbf490c9851da80596ff
