High severity · published Jun 17, 2022
CVE-2022-22138
Denial of Service (DoS)
7.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
All versions of package fast-string-search are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when computations are incorrect for non-string inputs. One can cause the V8 to attempt reading from non-permitted locations and cause a segmentation fault due to the violation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FA
fast-string-search ·
before unspecified · source: vendor
FS
Fast String Search · Fast String Search Project
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22138
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22138
Exploit
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-FASTSTRINGSEARCH-2392367
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