Use After Free Affecting nodejs-current package, versions <16.6.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE316-NODEJSCURRENT-2846118
  • published30 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Oct 2021

Introduced: 30 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-22930  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.16 nodejs-current to version 16.6.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs-current package and not the nodejs-current package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.16 relevant fixed versions and status.

Node.js before 16.6.0, 14.17.4, and 12.22.4 is vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit the memory corruption, to change process behavior.

CVSS Scores

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