Fedora 42 update for nodejs22



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2025-23165
CVE-2025-23166
CWE-ID CWE-401
CWE-388
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

nodejs22
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU109243

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-23165

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in ReadFileUtf8 caused by a corrupted pointer. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 42

nodejs22: before 22.15.1-1.fc42

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-f4cee58e97


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Improper error handling

EUVDB-ID: #VU109241

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-23166

CWE-ID: CWE-388 - Error Handling

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect error handling in async cryptographic operations within the SignTraits::DeriveBits() function. A remote attacker can send specially crafted input to the application can crash the Node.js runtime.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 42

nodejs22: before 22.15.1-1.fc42

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-f4cee58e97


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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