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CVE-2024-38355 — Socket

Socket.IO is an open source, real-time, bidirectional, event-based, communication framework. A specially crafted Socket.IO packet can trigger an uncaught exception on the Socket.IO server, thus killing the Node.js process. This issue is fixed by commit `15af22fc22` which has been

CVSS
7.3 HIGH
EPSS
14.00% (top 66.90%)
CWE
CWE-20, CWE-754
Published
2024-06-19T19:48:50.193Z
Last modified
2024-09-03T20:35:40.515Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

01What is this vulnerability?

Socket.IO is an open source, real-time, bidirectional, event-based, communication framework. A specially crafted Socket.IO packet can trigger an uncaught exception on the Socket.IO server, thus killing the Node.js process. This issue is fixed by commit `15af22fc22` which has been included in `[email protected]` (released in May 2023). The fix was backported in the 2.x branch as well with commit…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
socketiosocket.io< 2.5.1, >= 3.0.0,< 4.6.2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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