VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-25324
All versions of package bignum are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a type-check exception in V8, when verifying the type of the second argument to the .powm function, V8 will crash regardless of Node try/catch blocks.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.49%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
All versions of package bignum are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a type-check exception in V8, when verifying the type of the second argument to the .powm function, V8 will crash regardless of Node try/catch blocks.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.49% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1321
- Affected
- bignum project/bignum
- Source
- report@snyk.io
References
- https://github.com/justmoon/node-bignum/blob/ef2e02533e598d6df8421000033c4753cde89ee2/index.js%23L111Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-BIGNUM-2388581Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/justmoon/node-bignum/blob/ef2e02533e598d6df8421000033c4753cde89ee2/index.js%23L111Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-BIGNUM-2388581Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.