DEBIAN-CVE-2024-4068

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CVE-2024-4068
Published: 14 May 2024, 15:42
Last modified:15 Jun 2026, 19:05

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

14 May 2024, 15:42
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
15 Jun 2026, 19:05
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The NPM package `braces`, versions prior to 3.0.3, fails to limit the number of characters it can handle, which could lead to Memory Exhaustion. In `lib/parse.js,` if a malicious user sends "imbalanced braces" as input, the parsing will enter a loop, which will cause the program to start allocating heap memory without freeing it at any moment of the loop. Eventually, the JavaScript heap limit is reached, and the program will crash.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debian•node-braces

    all | all | < 3.0.3+~3.0.4-1 | < 3.0.3+~3.0.4-1

References (1)