Use After Free Affecting node package, versions [15.0.0,16.6.2) [13.0.0,14.17.5) [,12.22.5)
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.89% (83rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UPSTREAM-NODE-1540540
- published 12 Aug 2021
- disclosed 11 Aug 2021
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 11 Aug 2021
CVE-2021-22940 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade node to version 16.6.2, 14.17.5, 12.22.5 or higher.
Overview
node is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free on close http2 on stream canceling. An attacker might be able to exploit the memory corruption to change process behaviour.
The issue follows on from CVE-2021-22930 as the fix for it did not completely resolve the vulnerability.
CVSS Scores
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