File Type

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First CVE: Jul 21, 2022 · Active for 4 years

3
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 68% of tracked products
1.5
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 59% of tracked products
5.4
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 13% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%

Trends Over Time

The number and severity of CVEs published that impact File Type over time

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Jul 21, 2022
4 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Mar 16, 2026
134 days ago

CVE Severity & Scoring

File Type3 CVEs
All CVEs353,240 CVEs
Medium
Attack Vector
Local1 (33.3%)
Network2 (66.7%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low3 (100.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
User Interaction
None2 (66.7%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Required1 (33.3%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None3 (100.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)

Top CVEs

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).

3 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
An issue was discovered in the file-type package before 16.5.4 and 17.x before 17.1.3 for Node.js. A malformed MKV file could cause the file type detector to get caught in an infin
Jul 21, 20225.520NONO
file-type detects the file type of a file, stream, or data. Prior to 21.3.1, a denial of service vulnerability exists in the ASF (WMV/WMA) file type detection parser. When parsing
Mar 10, 20265.319NONO
file-type detects the file type of a file, stream, or data. From 20.0.0 to 21.3.1, a crafted ZIP file can trigger excessive memory growth during type detection in file-type when us
Mar 16, 20265.318NONO

Exploit Exposure

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%

Social Chatter

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).

Media Mentions

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).

Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For File Type

Top CWEs

Versions

No cataloged versions.