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Security checkJanuary 09, 2023

Denial of Service in canvas

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Medium severitynpmcanvas

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Description

Versions of canvas prior to 1.6.10 are vulnerable to Denial of Service. Processing malicious JPEGs or GIFs could crash the node process.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): < 1.6.10
  • Patched version(s): 1.6.10

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