PT-2021-12658 · Unknown · Asciitable.Js

Published 2021-01-04 · Updated 2021-04-13 · CVE-2020-7771

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: asciitable.js versions prior to 1.0.3

Description: The issue concerns a Prototype Pollution vulnerability via the main function. This allows for potential manipulation of the prototype chain, which could lead to various security issues. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified. There is no information provided about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 1.0.3, update to version 1.0.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the main function in asciitable.js until a patch is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Prototype Pollution

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1321

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-7771

GHSA-5PXJ-MHWJ-X5GV

SNYK-JS-ASCIITABLEJS-1039799

Affected Products

Asciitable.Js

References · 8

• 🔥 https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ASCIITABLEJS-1039799 · Exploit
• https://github.com/victornpb/asciitable.js/pull/1 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7771 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5pxj-mhwj-x5gv · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7771 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/victornpb/asciitable.js · Note
• https://github.com/victornpb/asciitable.js/commit/8db8fc5ffa7a2a6e8596709d99b200afb53f40ab · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/8141 · Telegram Post