Out-of-bounds Read

published 2022-06-17 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-hmqg-p8f8-3qrw , EUVD-2022-6069

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits: 0; none known

All versions of package fast-string-search are 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.

Exploit prediction

1.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

snyk.io https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-FASTSTRINGSEARCH-2392368 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
npm	fast-string-search	<=1.4.3	no fix listed

Affected products

n/a fast-string-search

Classification

Weakness

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

References

snyk.io /vuln/SNYK-JS-FASTSTRINGSEARCH-2392368
web, exploit, third-party-advisory
github.com /magiclen/node-fast-string-search/blob/c8dd9fc966abc80b327f509e63360f59e0de9fb5/src/fast-string-search.c%23L19
web, broken-link, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25872
advisory
github.com /magiclen/node-fast-string-search
package

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary