GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-4xcv-9jjx-gfj3 Denial of Service in mem

MEDIUM Published 2019-07-05 Modified 2021-08-17 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
mem
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-400
Reviewed
2019-07-03

Affected packages

• npm mem: < 4.0.0 → fixed in 4.0.0

Description

Versions of `mem` prior to 4.0.0 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). The package fails to remove old values from the cache even after a value passes its `maxAge` property. This may allow attackers to exhaust the system's memory if they are able to abuse the application logging. Recommendation Upgrade to version 4.0.0 or later.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness

References