CVE-2021-22940

Summary

CVECVE-2021-22940
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-16 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-05 10:15:00 UTC
DescriptionNode.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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Application Netapp Nextgen Api - All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Oracle Graalvm 20.3.3 All All All
Application Oracle Graalvm 21.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Jd Edwards Enterpriseone Tools All All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.57 All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.58 All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.59 All All All
Application Siemens Sinec Infrastructure Network Services All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
August 2021 Security Releases | Node.js MISC nodejs.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
GLSA-202401-02 security.gentoo.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3137-1] nodejs security update MLIST lists.debian.org
HackerOne MISC hackerone.com
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022 N/A www.oracle.com
August 2021 Node.js Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159398 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs:12 (ELSA-2021-3623)
  • 159408 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs:14 (ELSA-2021-3666)
  • 181111 Debian Security Update for nodejs (DLA 3137-1)
  • 182460 Debian Security Update for nodejs (CVE-2021-22940)
  • 239590 Red Hat Update for rh-nodejs12-nodejs and rh-nodejs12-nodejs-nodemon (RHSA-2021:3281)
  • 239591 Red Hat Update for rh-nodejs14-nodejs and rh-nodejs14-nodejs-nodemon (RHSA-2021:3280)
  • 239645 Red Hat Update for nodejs:12 (RHSA-2021:3623)
  • 239654 Red Hat Update for nodejs:12 (RHSA-2021:3639)
  • 239655 Red Hat Update for nodejs:12 (RHSA-2021:3638)
  • 239658 Red Hat Update for nodejs:14 (RHSA-2021:3666)
  • 375786 Node.js Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Aug 2021
  • 376257 Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools Product Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUJAN2022)
  • 377157 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for nodejs:14 (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0072)
  • 690032 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for node.js (b092bd4f-1b16-11ec-9d9d-0022489ad614)
  • 710820 Gentoo Linux c-ares Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202401-02)
  • 751061 OpenSUSE Security Update for nodejs12 (openSUSE-SU-2021:2875-1)
  • 751071 OpenSUSE Security Update for nodejs12 (openSUSE-SU-2021:1214-1)
  • 751171 OpenSUSE Security Update for nodejs14 (openSUSE-SU-2021:3211-1)
  • 751178 OpenSUSE Security Update for nodejs14 (openSUSE-SU-2021:1313-1)
  • 752490 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs10 (SUSE-SU-2022:2855-1)
  • 900315 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for nodejs 14.17.2
  • 901248 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for nodejs (6745-1)
  • 903104 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for nodejs (5424)
  • 940217 AlmaLinux Security Update for nodejs:12 (ALSA-2021:3623)
  • 940388 AlmaLinux Security Update for nodejs:14 (ALSA-2021:3666)
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