Bug 1224301 - VUL-0: CVE-2024-4068: element-desktop,element-web: the npm package `braces` fails to limit the number of characters it can handle, which could lead to Memory Exhaustion
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2024-4068: element-desktop,element-web: the npm package `braces` f...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
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Product: openSUSE Distribution
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Security (show other bugs)
Version: Leap 15.6
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Major (vote)
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Assignee: Security Team bot
QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/405385/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2024-4068:7.5:(AV:N...
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Blocks: CVE-2024-4068
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Reported: 2024-05-15 12:02 UTC by SMASH SMASH
Modified: 2024-05-17 08:20 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description SMASH SMASH 2024-05-15 12:02:47 UTC 
The NPM package `braces` fails to limit the number of characters it can handle, which could lead to Memory Exhaustion. In `lib/parse.js,` if a malicious user sends "imbalanced braces" as input, the parsing will enter a loop, which will cause the program to start allocating heap memory without freeing it at any moment of the loop. Eventually, the JavaScript heap limit is reached, and the program will crash.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2024-4068
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4068
https://devhub.checkmarx.com/cve-details/CVE-2024-4068/
https://github.com/micromatch/braces/blob/98414f9f1fabe021736e26836d8306d5de747e0d/lib/parse.js#L308
https://github.com/micromatch/braces/issues/35
Comment 1 Gabriele Sonnu 2024-05-15 12:04:11 UTC 
A vulnerable version (3.0.2) of the braces package is embedded in:

- openSUSE:Factory/element-web
- openSUSE:Factory/element-desktop

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/micromatch/braces/issues/35
Comment 2 Bruno Pitrus 2024-05-16 19:57:57 UTC 
braces is not shipped by element-desktop, only used during build.