CVE-2023-37899 is a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Feathersjs versions prior to 5.0.8 and 4.5.18. An unauthenticated attacker can crash the NodeJS process by sending a specially crafted Socket.io message that triggers an invalid string conversion error. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high impact on availability with low attack complexity. There is no known exploit code or active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.5.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:feathersjs:feathers:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | ||
>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:feathersjs:feathers:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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