CVE-2022-41940
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-11-22 00:00
Modified
2024-08-03 12:56
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
Summary
Uncaught exception in engine.io
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/425e833ab13373edf1dd5a0706f07100db14e3c6Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/83c4071af871fc188298d7d591e95670bf9f9085Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/socketio/engine.io/security/advisories/GHSA-r7qp-cfhv-p84wExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
socketioengine.io
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