Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU102463

Infinite loop in nanoid - CVE-2024-55565

Published: January 8, 2025 / Updated: March 13, 2025

Vulnerability identifier: #VU102463

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-55565

CWE-ID: CWE-835

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Andrey Sitnik

Affected software:
nanoid

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop. A remote user can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

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