Vulnerability · Published Jun 10, 2022 · Assigned by snyk

CVE-2022-21211Denial of Service (DoS)

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in posix. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 35.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This affects all versions of package posix. When invoking the toString method, it will fallback to 0x0 value, as the value of toString is not invokable (not a function), and then it will crash with type-check.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
npm	posix	no fix listed	GHSA-27mx-gchc-6xjp

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	posix	0 – before unspecified

References

https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-POSIX-2400719 x_refsource_MISC