Resource exhaustion in canvas - #VU18117
Published: April 4, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18117
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [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]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when processing malicious JPEG or GIF files. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted image to crash the node process.
Affected software
canvas
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
canvas - update to 1.6.10