CVE-2021-39157

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.

• CWE-755
• CWE-755

• https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/commit/992a11007fff6cfd40b952150ab8d30410c4a20aPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/issues/15Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/security/advisories/GHSA-jqfh-8hw5-fqjrExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/commit/992a11007fff6cfd40b952150ab8d30410c4a20aPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/issues/15Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/security/advisories/GHSA-jqfh-8hw5-fqjrExploit, Third Party Advisory

Published

Aug 24, 2021

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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