CVE-2022-21144

HIGH

libxmljs < 0.19.8 - Denial of Service via parseXml Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-LIBXMLJS-2348756
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/libxmljs/libxmljs/pull/594

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 35.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
libxmljs_project/libxmljs < 0.19.8
npm/libxmljs 0 - 0.19.8npm
Published May 01, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026