VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2021-39157
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.07%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-08-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
detect-character-encoding is an open source character encoding inspection library. In detect-character-encoding v0.6.0 and earlier, data matching no charset causes the Node.js process to crash. The problem has been patched in [detect-character-encoding v0.7.0](https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/releases/tag/v0.7.0). No workaround are available and all users should update to resolve this issue.
Weakness classification
- security-advisories@github.com: CWE-755
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-755
Primary references
- security-advisories@github.com — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory