CVE-2024-4068 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2024-4068

Memory Exhaustion in braces

Vulnerability Description

The NPM package `braces`, versions prior to 3.0.3, fails to limit the number of characters it can handle, which could lead to Memory Exhaustion. In `lib/parse.js,` if a malicious user sends "imbalanced braces" as input, the parsing will enter a loop, which will cause the program to start allocating heap memory without freeing it at any moment of the loop. Eventually, the JavaScript heap limit is reached, and the program will crash.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Mário Teixeira, Checkmarx Research Group

References

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CVE-2024-4067
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Medium 5.3

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

braces
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 13th, 2024
Last Modified: November 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1050

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.