Word-wrap is a small but useful JavaScript library designed to wrap text to a specified length, ensuring readability and proper formatting within confined spaces. Comparing versions 1.1.0 and 1.2.0 reveals key updates that developers should consider. Both versions share the same core functionality and MIT license, making them free to use in various projects. The author remains Jon Schlinkert, indicating continuity in maintenance and design philosophy. Both versions rely in mocha for testing.
The most notable difference lies in the development dependencies. Version 1.2.0 introduces gulp-format-md for formatting markdown files, suggesting an increased focus on documentation quality and consistency within the project itself. This addition implies that the developers are actively working to maintain well-formatted and easily readable documentation, which benefits anyone wanting to contribute or understand the package's usage. The newer version also specifies a version constraint ^3.2.0 of mocha, providing more reliability regarding the testing framework used by the library, while the older version used * that fetches any version (including a potentially unstable one). The release dates also highlight a significant gap, with version 1.2.0 arriving well over a year after 1.1.0, indicating a period of refinement and potential bug fixes, which may be relevant for long-term stability in your project.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.2.0 of the package
word-wrap vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service
All versions of the package word-wrap are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to the usage of an insecure regular expression within the result variable.
