CVE-2021-39157

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-755

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
sonicdoedetect-character-encoding< 0.7.0

References

Timeline

Published
Aug 24, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-39157: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix