CVE-2022-25872: Out-of-bounds Read in fast-string-search

June 17, 2022 (updated June 28, 2022)

All versions of package fast-string-search is vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read due to incorrect memory freeing and length calculation for any non-string input as the source. This allows the attacker to read previously allocated memory.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-hmqg-p8f8-3qrw
github.com/magiclen/node-fast-string-search/blob/c8dd9fc966abc80b327f509e63360f59e0de9fb5/src/fast-string-search.c%23L192
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25872
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-FASTSTRINGSEARCH-2392368

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