CVE-2022-36313

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-07-21 · updated 2026-10-07
Weakness: CWE-835

Description

An issue was discovered in the file-type package before 16.5.4 and 17.x before 17.1.3 for Node.js. A malformed MKV file could cause the file type detector to get caught in an infinite loop. This would make the application become unresponsive and could be used to cause a DoS attack.

Affected products

sindresorhus file-type: before 16.5.4; from 17.0.0 before 17.1.3 — fixed in 16.5.4, 17.1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: sindresorhus file-type 16.5.4, 17.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type/releases/tag/v16.5.4
https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type/releases/tag/v17.1.3
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220909-0005/
https://www.npmjs.com/package/file-type
https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type/releases/tag/v16.5.4
https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type/releases/tag/v17.1.3
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220909-0005/
https://www.npmjs.com/package/file-type

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