Description
file-type detects the file type of a file, stream, or data. Prior to 21.3.1, a denial of service vulnerability exists in the ASF (WMV/WMA) file type detection parser. When parsing a crafted input where an ASF sub-header has a size field of zero, the parser enters an infinite loop. The payload value becomes negative (-24), causing tokenizer.ignore(payload) to move the read position backwards, so the same sub-header is read repeatedly forever. Any application that uses file-type to detect the type of untrusted/attacker-controlled input is affected. An attacker can stall the Node.js event loop with a 55-byte payload. Fixed in version 21.3.1.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| sindresorhus | file-type | >= 13.0.0, < 21.3.1 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| npm | file-type | >= 13.0.0, < 21.3.1 | 21.3.1 | GHSA-5v7r-6r5c-r473 |
Advisories 2
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