CVE-2021-39157

high

Description

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

https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/security/advisories/GHSA-jqfh-8hw5-fqjr

https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/issues/15

https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/commit/992a11007fff6cfd40b952150ab8d30410c4a20a

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-08-24

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00408