CVE-2024-4068
Uncontrolled resource consumption in braces
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.27%
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.
How to fix CVE-2024-4068
To remediate CVE-2024-4068, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 3.0.3 or later
Is CVE-2024-4068 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0
- from 0, < 3.0.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |