file-type@17.1.0 vulnerabilities

Detect the file type of a file, stream, or data

  • latest version

    20.0.0

  • latest non vulnerable version

  • first published

    10 years ago

  • latest version published

    7 days ago

  • licenses detected

  • Direct Vulnerabilities

    Known vulnerabilities in the file-type package. This does not include vulnerabilities belonging to this package’s dependencies.

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    Denial of Service (DoS)

    Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). 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.

    How to fix Denial of Service (DoS)?

    Upgrade file-type to version 16.5.4, 17.1.3 or higher.

    >=13.0.0 <16.5.4>=17.0.0 <17.1.3