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high 7.5

CVE-2024-21521 json

@discordjs/opus vulnerable to Denial of Service

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-2242 , GHSA-43wq-xrcm-3vgr

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

All versions of the package @discordjs/opus are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to providing an input object with a property toString to several different functions. Exploiting this vulnerability could lead to a system crash.

Patch / fix

  • discordjs opus 0.10.0

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm @discordjs/opus
<=0.9.0
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • n/a @discordjs/opus
  • discordjs_opus discordjs_opus

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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