CVE-2022-41940
CVSS V2 None
CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
Engine.IO is the implementation of transport-based cross-browser/cross-device bi-directional communication layer for Socket.IO. A specially crafted HTTP request can trigger an uncaught exception on the Engine.IO server, thus killing the Node.js process. This impacts all the users of the engine.io package, including those who uses depending packages like socket.io. There is no known workaround except upgrading to a safe version. There are patches for this issue released in versions 3.6.1 and 6.2.1.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2022-41940
- Assigner
- security-advisories@github.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2022-11-22T01:15:37
- Last Modified Date
- 2022-11-26T03:26:25
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:socket:engine.io:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | 1 | OR | 3.6.1 | |
| cpe:2.3:a:socket:engine.io:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | 1 | OR | 4.0.0 | 6.2.1 |
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 6.5
- Base Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 2.8
- Impact Score
- 3.6
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41940 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-41940 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-22 02:00:11 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-07 17:58:30 | 2022-11-22T01:15Z | 2022-11-22T01:15:37 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-07 17:58:30 | 2022-11-26T03:26:25 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-07 17:58:30 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated | |
| 2022-12-07 17:58:32 | CPE Information | updated |