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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2021-23567 Detail

Description

The package colors after 1.4.0 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) that was introduced through an infinite loop in the americanFlag module. Unfortunately this appears to have been a purposeful attempt by a maintainer of colors to make the package unusable, other maintainers' controls over this package appear to have been revoked in an attempt to prevent them from fixing the issue. Vulnerable Code js for (let i = 666; i < Infinity; i++;) { Alternative Remediation Suggested * Pin dependancy to 1.4.0


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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/Marak/colors.js/commit/074a0f8ed0c31c35d13d28632bd8a049ff136fb6%23diff-92bbac9a308cd5fcf9db165841f2d90ce981baddcb2b1e26cfff170929af3bd1R18 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/Marak/colors.js/commit/074a0f8ed0c31c35d13d28632bd8a049ff136fb6%23diff-92bbac9a308cd5fcf9db165841f2d90ce981baddcb2b1e26cfff170929af3bd1R18 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/Marak/colors.js/issues/285 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/Marak/colors.js/issues/285 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/Marak/colors.js/issues/285%23issuecomment-1008212640 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/Marak/colors.js/issues/285%23issuecomment-1008212640 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://snyk.io/blog/open-source-maintainer-pulls-the-plug-on-npm-packages-colors-and-faker-now-what/ Exploit  Mitigation  Third Party Advisory 
https://snyk.io/blog/open-source-maintainer-pulls-the-plug-on-npm-packages-colors-and-faker-now-what/ Exploit  Mitigation  Third Party Advisory 
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-COLORS-2331906 Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-COLORS-2331906 Exploit  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-23567
NVD Published Date:
01/14/2022
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
Snyk