CVE-2022-25324

Denial of Service (DoS)

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Published May 6, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

bignum

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< unspecified

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bignum_project:bignum:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-2705	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.
Github GHSA	GHSA-6429-3g3w-6mw5	Uncaught Exception in bignum

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.5% (1.516% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/justmoon/node-bignum/blob/ef2e02533e598d6df8421000033c4753cde89ee2/index.js%23L111
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-BIGNUM-2388581

History

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Subscriptions

Bignum Project Bignum

Weaknesses

CWE-1321

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 2:41 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: snyk
Published: May 6, 2022, 8:00 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 2:41 AM
Reserved: Feb 24, 2022, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:33 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 6, 2022, 8:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:33 AM

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