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FKIE_CVE-2022-25324

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-05-06 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:33
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
report@snyk.iohttps://github.com/justmoon/node-bignum/blob/ef2e02533e598d6df8421000033c4753cde89ee2/index.js%23L111Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
report@snyk.iohttps://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-BIGNUM-2388581Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/justmoon/node-bignum/blob/ef2e02533e598d6df8421000033c4753cde89ee2/index.js%23L111Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-BIGNUM-2388581Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
bignum_project bignum *
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "product": "bignum",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "unspecified",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "report@snyk.io"
    }
  ],
  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:bignum_project:bignum:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "90FCAB9D-6BCB-4A11-9EB4-D8C6F43367F2",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "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."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Todas las versiones del paquete bignum son vulnerables a una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (DoS) debido a una excepci\u00f3n de comprobaci\u00f3n de tipo en V8, cuando es verificado el tipo del segundo argumento de la funci\u00f3n .powm, V8 ser\u00e1 bloqueada independientemente de los bloques try/catch de Node"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2022-25324",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:33:23.867",
  "metrics": {
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      {
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        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "LOW",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "baseScore": 5.0,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 10.0,
        "impactScore": 2.9,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
        "userInteractionRequired": false
      }
    ],
    "cvssMetricV31": [
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        "cvssData": {
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          "baseScore": 7.5,
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          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
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        "type": "Secondary"
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        "impactScore": 3.6,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary"
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2022-05-06T20:15:07.937",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "report@snyk.io",
      "tags": [
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        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "source": "report@snyk.io",
      "tags": [
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        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
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    },
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    },
    {
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        "Exploit",
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    }
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  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
  "weaknesses": [
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      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-1321"
        }
      ],
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}



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