CVE-2022-25867

NULL Pointer Dereference

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Published Aug 2, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

The package io.socket:socket.io-client before 2.0.1 are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference when parsing a packet with with invalid payload format.

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

io.socket:socket.io-client

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 2.0.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:socket:socket.io-client_java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-6512	The package io.socket:socket.io-client before 2.0.1 are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference when parsing a packet with with invalid payload format.
Github GHSA	GHSA-85xx-xhjm-rhrw	Socket.IO-client Java before 2.0.1 vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference

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

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.7% (1.652% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-java/commit/8664499b6f31154f49783531f778dac5387b766b
https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-java/commit/e8ffe9d1383736f6a21090ab959a2f4fa5a41284
https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-java/issues/508%23issuecomment-1179817361
https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-java/releases/tag/socket.io-client-2.0.1
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-IOSOCKET-2949738

History

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Subscriptions

Socket Socket.io-client Java

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 10:25 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: snyk
Published: Aug 2, 2022, 1:28 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 10:25 PM
Reserved: Feb 24, 2022, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:34 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 2, 2022, 2:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:34 AM

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