CVE-2022-21144
Denial of Service (DoS)
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 1, 2022 at 03:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibxmljs
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 0.19.8
Affected range stops below 0.19.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/libxmljs/libxmljs/commit/2501807bde9b38cfaed06d1e140487516d91379dx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/libxmljs/libxmljs/pull/594x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-LIBXMLJS-2348756CVSS
7.5HIGHsnyk
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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