Description
The package printf before 0.6.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the regex string /\%(?:\(([\w_.]+)\)|([1-9]\d*)\$)?([0 +\-\]*)(\*|\d+)?(\.)?(\*|\d+)?[hlL]?([\%bscdeEfFgGioOuxX])/g in lib/printf.js. The vulnerable regular expression has cubic worst-case time complexity.
Remediation
References
https://github.com/adaltas/node-printf/issues/31
https://github.com/adaltas/node-printf/pull/32
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PRINTF-1072096
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