CVE-2022-25872

Out-of-bounds Read

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.

Affected

fast-string-search

CVSS v3.1 NVD

5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

1.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 66th percentile

Published

2022-06-17

Updated

2024-09-16

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-FASTSTRINGSEARCH-2392368

Security advisories

• magiclen/node-fast-string-search/blob/c8dd9fc966abc80b327f509e63360f59e0de9fb5/src/fast-s…
• advisories/GHSA-hmqg-p8f8-3qrw

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry