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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting node package, versions [15.0.0,16.4.1) [13.0.0,14.17.2) [,12.22.2)

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.12% (46th percentile)
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NVD
5.3 medium
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SUSE
5.3 medium
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Red Hat
5.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UPSTREAM-NODE-1315790
  • published 2 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 2 Jul 2021
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 2 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-22918 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade node to version 16.4.1, 14.17.2, 12.22.2 or higher.

Overview

node is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read in libuv's uv__idna_toascii() function which is used to convert strings to ASCII. This is called by Node's dns module's lookup() function and can lead to information disclosures or crashes.