CVE-2021-39157
HIGHDetect-character-encoding < 0.7.0 - Improper Exception Handling
Title source: ruleDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/security/advisories/GHSA-jqfh-8hw5-fqjr
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/issues/15
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/commit/992a11007fff6cfd40b952150ab8d30410c4a20a
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0053
EPSS Percentile
67.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-755
Status
published
Products (2)
detect-character-encoding_project/detect-character-encoding
< 0.7.0
npm/detect-character-encoding
0 - 0.7.0npm
Published
Aug 24, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026