Medium severity · published Jun 17, 2022
CVE-2022-25872
Out-of-bounds Read
5.3
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
All versions of package fast-string-search are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read due to incorrect memory freeing and length calculation for any non-string input as the source. This allows the attacker to read previously allocated memory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% 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-2022-25872
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25872
Broken Link
https://github.com/magiclen/node-fast-string-search/blob/c8dd9fc966abc80b327f509e63360f59e0de9fb5/src/fast-string-search.c%23L192
Exploit
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-FASTSTRINGSEARCH-2392368
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