CVE-2022-22138: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in fast-string-search

June 17, 2022 (updated June 28, 2022)

All versions of package fast-string-search is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when computations are incorrect for non-string inputs. One can cause the V8 to attempt reading from non-permitted locations and cause a segmentation fault due to the violation.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-4263-q746-94mw
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22138
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-FASTSTRINGSEARCH-2392367

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