# CVE-2024-21525: All versions of the package node-twain are vulnerable to Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions due to the length of the sourc

- Also known as: GHSA-WXR3-2HGV-QM8F
- Severity: CVSS 8.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-07-10 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- n/a node-twain: all versions
- node-twain (npm): through 0.0.16

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Node.js, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NODETWAIN-6421153
- https://gist.github.com/dellalibera/55b87634a6c360e5be22a715f0566c99

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