CVE-2021-22918

medium

Description

Node.js before 16.4.1, 14.17.2, 12.22.2 is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read when uv__idna_toascii() is used to convert strings to ASCII. The pointer p is read and increased without checking whether it is beyond pe, with the latter holding a pointer to the end of the buffer. This can lead to information disclosures or crashes. This function can be triggered via uv_getaddrinfo().

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0003/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-23

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/july-2021-security-releases/

https://hackerone.com/reports/1209681

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-07-12

Updated: 2024-01-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium