CVE-2021-22940: Use after free on close http2 on stream canceling

Node.js before 16.6.1, 14.17.5, and 12.22.5 is vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit the memory corruption, to change process behavior.

Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an incomplete fix for CVE-2021-22930 related to a use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory to change process behavior.

— IBM

Node.js was vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit memory corruption to change process behavior. The issue is a follow on to CVE-2021-22930 as the issue was not completely resolved in the fix for CVE-2021-22930.

References: https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/aug-2021-security-releases/

— Red Hat

Node.js was vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit memory corruption to change process behavior. The issue is a follow on to CVE-2021-22930 as the issue was not completely resolved in the fix for CVE-2021-22930.

You can read more about it in: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22940

All versions of the 16.x, 14.x, and 12.x releases lines

— Node.Js

Node.js was vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit memory corruption to change process behavior. The issue is a follow on to CVE-2021-22930 as the issue was not completely resolved in the fix for CVE-2021-22930. You can read more about it in: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22940

— Node.Js