GHSA-5rqg-jm4f-cqx7
Infinite loop causing Denial of Service in colors
GHSA-5rqg-jm4f-cqx7 is a vulnerability with no CVSS score yet in Colors, published January 10, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. No source names a fixed version.
- Severity
- UnratedNo CVSS score yet
- Exploit chance
- UnscoredNo EPSS score yet
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
- No fix listedNo source names one
Description
colors is a library for including colored text in node.js consoles. Between 07 and 09 January 2022, colors versions 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and 1.4.44-liberty-2 were published including malicious code that caused a Denial of Service due to an infinite loop. Software dependent on these versions experienced the printing of randomized characters to console and an infinite loop resulting in unbound system resource consumption.
Users of colors relying on these specific versions should downgrade to version 1.4.0.
Affected packages
What each source reports
GitHub AdvisoriesNo score
Infinite loop causing Denial of Service in colors
colors is a library for including colored text in node.js consoles. Between 07 and 09 January 2022, colors versions 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and 1.4.44-liberty-2 were published including malicious code that caused a Denial of Service due to an infinite loop. Software dependent on these versions experienced the printing of randomized characters to console and an infinite loop resulting in unbound system resource consumption.
Users of colors relying on these specific versions should downgrade to version 1.4.0.
- Record
GHSA-5rqg-jm4f-cqx7- Weakness
- CWE-835
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVNo score
Infinite loop causing Denial of Service in colors
colors is a library for including colored text in node.js consoles. Between 07 and 09 January 2022, colors versions 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and 1.4.44-liberty-2 were published including malicious code that caused a Denial of Service due to an infinite loop. Software dependent on these versions experienced the printing of randomized characters to console and an infinite loop resulting in unbound system resource consumption.
Users of colors relying on these specific versions should downgrade to version 1.4.0.
- Record
GHSA-5rqg-jm4f-cqx7- Weakness
- CWE-835
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | GitHub Advisories, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.