CVE-2024-4068 — Memory Exhaustion in braces
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 maliciou…
Published: 2024-05-13 · CVSS: 7.5 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7