CVE-2024-21525: node-twain vulnerable to Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions

July 10, 2024

All versions of the package node-twain are vulnerable to Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions due to the length of the source data not being checked. Creating a new twain.TwainSDK with a productName or productFamily, manufacturer, version.info property of length >= 34 chars leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability.

References

gist.github.com/dellalibera/55b87634a6c360e5be22a715f0566c99
github.com/Luomusha/node-twain
github.com/advisories/GHSA-wxr3-2hgv-qm8f
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21525
security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NODETWAIN-6421153

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