Out-of-bounds Read in npmconf · GHSA-57cf-349j-352g · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Out-of-bounds Read in npmconf

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 12, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

npmconf (npm)

Affected versions

< 2.1.3

Patched versions

2.1.3

Description

Versions of npmconf before 2.1.3 allocate and write to disk uninitialized memory contents when a typed number is passed as input on Node.js 4.x.

Recommendation

Update to version 2.1.3 or later. Consider switching to another config storage mechanism, as npmconf is deprecated and should not be used.

References

Reviewed Jun 12, 2019

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 12, 2019

Last updated Jan 9, 2023