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CVE-2022-43286

Published: Oct 28, 2022Updated: May 7, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-416
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.0%
Top 40.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Nginx NJS v0.7.2 was discovered to contain a heap-use-after-free bug caused by illegal memory copy in the function njs_json_parse_iterator_call at njs_json.c.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-416

Affected Products

f5
commercial·US
njsOn-prem
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
NGINX Inc.
commercial·USaka nginx, nginx plus, njs
njs
Networking Infrastructure
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://github.com/nginx/njs/commit/2ad0ea24a58d570634e09c2e58c3b314505eaa6a
github.com
https://github.com/nginx/njs/issues/480
github.com
https://github.com/nginx/njs/commit/2ad0ea24a58d570634e09c2e58c3b314505eaa6a
github.com
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