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CVE-2024-27088: es5-ext vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service in `function#copy` and `function#toStringTokens`

February 26, 2024

Impact

Passing functions with very long names or complex default argument names into function#copy orfunction#toStringTokens may put script to stall

Patches

Fixed with https://github.com/medikoo/es5-ext/commit/3551cdd7b2db08b1632841f819d008757d28e8e2 and https://github.com/medikoo/es5-ext/commit/a52e95736690ad1d465ebcd9791d54570e294602 Published with v0.10.63

Workarounds

No real workaround aside of refraining from using above utilities.

References

https://github.com/medikoo/es5-ext/issues/201

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-4gmj-3p3h-gm8h
  • github.com/medikoo/es5-ext
  • github.com/medikoo/es5-ext/commit/3551cdd7b2db08b1632841f819d008757d28e8e2
  • github.com/medikoo/es5-ext/commit/a52e95736690ad1d465ebcd9791d54570e294602
  • github.com/medikoo/es5-ext/issues/201
  • github.com/medikoo/es5-ext/security/advisories/GHSA-4gmj-3p3h-gm8h
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27088

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 0.10.0 before 0.10.63

Fixed versions

  • 0.10.63

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.10.63 or above.

Impact

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Source file

npm/es5-ext/CVE-2024-27088.yml

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