Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-22940

High

Published: 16 August 2021

Published
16 August 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0039 60.2th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-22940 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Nodejs Node.Js. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 39.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Node.js before 16.6.1, 14.17.5, and 12.22.5 is vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit the memory corruption, to change process behavior.

CWE(s)
CWE-416

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

nodejs
node.js
12.0.0 — 12.22.5 · 14.0.0 — 14.17.5 · 16.0.0 — 16.6.2
oracle
graalvm
20.3.3, 21.2.0
oracle
jd edwards enterpriseone tools
≤ 9.2.6.1
oracle
peoplesoft enterprise peopletools
8.57, 8.58, 8.59
netapp
nextgen api
all versions
siemens
sinec infrastructure network services
≤ 1.0.1.1
debian
debian linux
10.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References