VDB-214154 · CVE-2022-41940 · GHSA-r7qp-cfhv-p84w

Engine.IO prior 3.6.1/6.2.1 HTTP Request uncaught exception

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Engine.IO. The affected element is an unknown function of the component HTTP Request Handler. Such manipulation leads to uncaught exception. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-41940. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Engine.IO. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncaught exception vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-248. An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Engine.IO is the implementation of transport-based cross-browser/cross-device bi-directional communication layer for Socket.IO. A specially crafted HTTP request can trigger an uncaught exception on the Engine.IO server, thus killing the Node.js process. This impacts all the users of the engine.io package, including those who uses depending packages like socket.io. There is no known workaround except upgrading to a safe version. There are patches for this issue released in versions 3.6.1 and 6.2.1.

The weakness was shared 11/22/2022 as GHSA-r7qp-cfhv-p84w. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-41940 since 09/30/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 3.6.1 or 6.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 425e833ab13373edf1dd5a0706f07100db14e3c6 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Productinfo

Name

Engine.IO

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Temp Score: 3.0
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NVD Base Score: 6.5
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CNA Base Score: 7.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Uncaught exception
CWE: CWE-248
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Engine.IO 3.6.1/6.2.1
Patch: 425e833ab13373edf1dd5a0706f07100db14e3c6

Timelineinfo

09/30/2022 🔍
11/22/2022 +53 days 🔍
11/22/2022 +0 days 🔍
12/21/2022 +29 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-r7qp-cfhv-p84w
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-41940 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-41940
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-214154

Entryinfo

Created: 11/22/2022 07:41
Updated: 12/21/2022 18:53
Changes: 11/22/2022 07:41 (40), 12/21/2022 18:53 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103