CVE-2022-36313

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

21/07/2022

Last modified:

17/03/2026

Description

An issue was discovered in the file-type package before 16.5.4 and 17.x before 17.1.3 for Node.js. 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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:sindresorhus:file-type::::::node.js::*		16.5.4 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:sindresorhus:file-type::::::node.js::*	17.0.0 (including)	17.1.3 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2022-36313

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools