CVE-2022-21144
Denial of service vulnerability exists in libxmljs
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.15%
Description
libxmljs provides libxml bindings for v8 javascript engine. This affects all versions of package libxmljs. When invoking the libxmljs.parseXml function with a non-buffer argument the V8 code will attempt invoking the .toString method of the argument. If the argument's toString value is not a Function object V8 will crash.
How to fix CVE-2022-21144
To remediate CVE-2022-21144, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.19.8 or later
Is CVE-2022-21144 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.19.8
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |