Word-wrap is a lightweight and versatile npm package designed to wrap text to a specified line length. Both versions 1.2.3 and 1.2.2 offer the core functionality of intelligently breaking long strings of text into multiple lines, enhancing readability and formatting, especially within constrained spaces like terminals or web layouts. Developers find word-wrap invaluable for tasks like generating formatted CLI output, creating neatly organized documentation, or ensuring text fits within responsive design elements.
Examining the differences between version 1.2.2 and 1.2.3 reveals they share identical descriptions, development dependencies (gulp-format-md and mocha), MIT license, GitHub repository and author details. The crucial distinctions lie in the version number, package tarball URL and the releaseDate. Version 1.2.3 was released on June 3, 2017, whereas version 1.2.2 came out on May 2, 2017, indicating a lag of approximately one month between their releases. Developers should usually prefer the latest stable version (1.2.3) for incorporating bug fixes, performance enhancements or any other improvements rolled out during this period. If both versions serve the expected functionalities, developers should consider using latest versions.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.2.3 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.
