Buffer overflow in canvas

Description

A buffer overflow is present in canvas versions before 1.6.11, which could lead to a Denial of Service or execution of arbitrary code when it processes a user-provided image.

Recommendation

Update the canvas package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 1.6.11
• Patched version(s): 1.6.11

References

• GHSA-73rg-x683-m3qw
• hackerone.com
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2020-8215
• CWE-120
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• bigint-buffer Vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via toBigIntLE() Function - CVE-2025-3194
• Heap-based Buffer Overflow in sqlite-vec - CVE-2024-46488
• MJML vulnerable to path traversal - CVE-2020-12827
• Hostname spoofing via backslashes in URL - CVE-2020-26291

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Tags:

npm

canvas