CVE-2021-23567

The package colors after 1.4.0 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) that was introduced through an infinite loop in the americanFlag module. Unfortunately this appears to have been a purposeful attempt by a maintainer of colors to make the package unusable, other maintainers' controls over this package appear to have been revoked in an attempt to prevent them from fixing the issue. Vulnerable Code js for (let i = 666; i < Infinity; i++;) { Alternative Remediation Suggested * Pin dependancy to 1.4.0
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:colors.js_project:colors.js:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:colors.js_project:colors.js:1.4.44-liberty-2:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Information

Published : 2022-01-14 20:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 18:48


NVD link : CVE-2021-23567

Mitre link : CVE-2021-23567

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-23567


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Products Affected

colors.js_project

  • colors.js
CWE
CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')