What is GHSA-86mr-6m89-vgj3?

GHSA-86mr-6m89-vgj3 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Buffer Overflow in node-weakauras-parser

Why does GHSA-86mr-6m89-vgj3 have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

Which products are affected by GHSA-86mr-6m89-vgj3?

GHSA-86mr-6m89-vgj3 affects 3 products, including: npm/node-weakauras-parser:\u003e= 1.0.4, \u003c 1.0.5; npm/node-weakauras-parser:\u003e= 2.0.0, \u003c 2.0.2; npm/node-weakauras-parser:\u003e= 3.0.0, \u003c 3.0.1.

GHSA-86mr-6m89-vgj3MediumDisclosed before NVD

Buffer Overflow in node-weakauras-parser

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 3, 2020

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

📋 Description

Affected versions of node-weakauras-parser are vulnerable to a Buffer Overflow. The encode_weakaura function fails to properly validate the input size. A buffer of 13835058055282163711 bytes causes an overflow on 64-bit systems.

Recommendation

Upgrade to versions 1.0.5, 2.0.2, 3.0.1 or later.

🎯 Affected products3

npm/node-weakauras-parser:>= 1.0.4, < 1.0.5
npm/node-weakauras-parser:>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.2
npm/node-weakauras-parser:>= 3.0.0, < 3.0.1

🔗 References (3)

https://github.com/Zireael-N/node-weakauras-parser/commit/bc146da09db689e554d28e948f1cf1c138f09f69#diff-023afe6291ac9ada88788108cb3367b3R38-R43
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1504
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-86mr-6m89-vgj3