CVE-2021-39176

High

Description

detect-character-encoding is a package for detecting character encoding using ICU. In detect-character-encoding v0.3.0 and earlier, allocated memory is not released. The problem has been patched in detect-character-encoding v0.3.1.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductDetect-character-encoding
PublishedAug 31, 2021
First seenAug 31, 2021
Weakness typeCWE-401CWE-401

How to fix

Update
  • detect-character-encoding_project detect-character-encoding0.3.1 or later
  • detect-character-encoding0.3.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
detect-character-encoding_project detect-character-encodingv < 0.3.10.3.1
detect-character-encodingnpmv < 0.3.10.3.1

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