CVE-2025-47944 (GCVE-0-2025-47944)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-19 19:20 – Updated: 2025-05-20 13:13
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Summary
Multer is a node.js middleware for handling `multipart/form-data`. A vulnerability that is present starting in version 1.4.4-lts.1 and prior to version 2.0.0 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending a malformed multi-part upload request. This request causes an unhandled exception, leading to a crash of the process. Users should upgrade to version 2.0.0 to receive a patch. No known workarounds are available.
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7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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expressjs multer Affected: >=1.4.4-lts.1, <2.0.0
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