Medium

Buffer Overflow in node-weakauras-parser

  • Disclosed: 03.09.2020
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Affected versions of node-weakauras-parser are vulnerable to a Buffer Overflow. The encode_weakaura function fails to properly validate the input size. A buffer of 13835058055282163711 bytes causes an overflow on 64-bit systems.

Recommendation

Upgrade to versions 1.0.5, 2.0.2, 3.0.1 or later.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package node-weakauras-parser >= 1.0.4, < 1.0.5, >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.2, >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.1 1.0.5, 2.0.2, 3.0.1

References

CVSS score -
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-120
Platform
npm
Package
node-weakauras-parser
Disclosed
03.09.2020
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-86mr-6m89-vgj3 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: node-weakauras-parser

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