Memory corruption in atob - CVE-2018-3745
Published: July 16, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13894
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-3745
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: npm Inc.
Affected software:
atob
atob
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information or cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when a number is passed from user-supplied JSON-encoded input. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted request that submits malicious input, trigger memory corruption and access sensitive, uninitialized memory or consume excessive amounts of memory resources, resulting in a DoS condition.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-3745
Update to version 2.1.0.