NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting io.socket:socket.io-client package, versions [,2.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.22% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-IOSOCKET-2949738
  • published 1 Aug 2022
  • disclosed 10 Jul 2022
  • credit Andrei Nikonov

How to fix?

Upgrade io.socket:socket.io-client to version 2.0.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference when parsing a packet with with invalid payload format.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

7.5 high