CVE-2018-11696 (High) detected in node-sass-4.11.0.tgz

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CVE-2018-11696 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - node-sass-4.11.0.tgz

Wrapper around libsass

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/node-sass/-/node-sass-4.11.0.tgz

Dependency Hierarchy:

• gulp-sass-4.0.2.tgz (Root Library)
  • ❌ node-sass-4.11.0.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: e3ca3d9c5587424302212c00dee672980a86336b

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

An issue was discovered in LibSass through 3.5.4. A NULL pointer dereference was found in the function Sass::Inspect::operator which could be leveraged by an attacker to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Publish Date: 2018-06-04

URL: CVE-2018-11696

CVSS 3 Score Details (8.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://github.com/sass/libsass/releases/tag/3.5.5

Release Date: 2018-06-04

Fix Resolution: libsass - 3.5.5;node-sass - 4.14.0