CVE-2021-22940 (GCVE-0-2021-22940)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-16 00:00
Modified
2025-04-30 22:24
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free ()
Summary
Node.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.
References
Impacted products
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