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CVE-2022-39381

Published: Nov 2, 2022

Modified: Apr 22, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

Description

Muhammara is a node module with c/cpp bindings to modify PDF with js for node or electron (based/replacement on/of galkhana/hummusjs). The package muhammara before 2.6.0; all versions of package hummus are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when supplied with a maliciously crafted PDF file to be appended to another. This issue has been patched in 2.6.0 for muhammara and not at all for hummus. As a workaround, do not process files from untrusted sources.

Vendor	Product	Versions
julianhille	MuhammaraJS	affected `< 2.6.0`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/security/advisories/GHSA-rcrx-fpjp-mfrw

https://github.com/galkahana/HummusJS/issues/293

https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/issues/191

https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/pull/194

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