GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-2r7v-cmch-5x26 muhammara and hummus vulnerable to Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2022-41957
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- hummus, muhammara
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-690
- Reviewed
- 2022-12-05
Affected packages
• npm hummus: < 2.6.2 (no fix yet)
• npm muhammara: >= 3.0.0, < 3.4.0 → fixed in 3.4.0
• npm muhammara: < 2.6.2 → fixed in 2.6.2
Description
Impact
The package muhammara before 2.6.2, from 3.0.0 and before 3.3.0; all versions of package hummus are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when supplied with a maliciously crafted PDF file to be parsed.
Patches
It has been patched in 3.4.0 and has been backported to 2.6.2
There is no patch for hummus, currently
Workarounds
Do not process files from untrusted sources or update.
Replace hummus with muhammara
References
https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/pull/235
https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/pull/238
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2022-41957 Muhammara is a node module with c/cpp bindings to modify PDF with JavaScript for node or electron. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-690 Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/security/advisories/GHSA-2r7v-cmch-5x26 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41957 advisory
- https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/pull/235 web
- https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/pull/238 web
- https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS package