CVE-2022-41940: Engine.io Uncaught Exception Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-r7qp-cfhv-p84w",
  "modified" : "2022-12-08T00:47:24Z",
  "published" : "2022-11-21T23:55:41Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2022-41940" ],
  "summary" : "Uncaught exception in engine.io",
  "details" : "### Impact\n\nA specially crafted HTTP request can trigger an uncaught exception on the Engine.IO server, thus killing the Node.js process.\n\n```\nevents.js:292\n      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event\n      ^\n\nError: read ECONNRESET\n    at TCP.onStreamRead (internal/stream_base_commons.js:209:20)\nEmitted 'error' event on Socket instance at:\n    at emitErrorNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:106:8)\n    at emitErrorCloseNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:74:3)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:80:21) {\n  errno: -104,\n  code: 'ECONNRESET',\n  syscall: 'read'\n}\n```\n\nThis impacts all the users of the [`engine.io`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/engine.io) package, including those who uses depending packages like [`socket.io`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/socket.io).\n\n### Patches\n\nA fix has been released today (2022/11/20):\n\n| Version range     | Fixed version |\n|-------------------|---------------|\n| `engine.io@3.x.y` | `3.6.1`       |\n| `engine.io@6.x.y` | `6.2.1`       |\n\nFor `socket.io` users:\n\n| Version range               | `engine.io` version | Needs minor update?                                                                                    |\n|-----------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `socket.io@4.5.x`           | `~6.2.0`            | `npm audit fix` should be sufficient                                                                   |\n| `socket.io@4.4.x`           | `~6.1.0`            | Please upgrade to `socket.io@4.5.x`                                                                    |\n| `socket.io@4.3.x`           | `~6.0.0`            | Please upgrade to `socket.io@4.5.x`                                                                    |\n| `socket.io@4.2.x`           | `~5.2.0`            | Please upgrade to `socket.io@4.5.x`                                                                    |\n| `socket.io@4.1.x`           | `~5.1.1`            | Please upgrade to `socket.io@4.5.x`                                                                    |\n| `socket.io@4.0.x`           | `~5.0.0`            | Please upgrade to `socket.io@4.5.x`                                                                    |\n| `socket.io@3.1.x`           | `~4.1.0`            | Please upgrade to `socket.io@4.5.x` (see [here](https://socket.io/docs/v4/migrating-from-3-x-to-4-0/)) |\n| `socket.io@3.0.x`           | `~4.0.0`            | Please upgrade to `socket.io@4.5.x` (see [here](https://socket.io/docs/v4/migrating-from-3-x-to-4-0/)) |\n| `socket.io@2.5.0`           | `~3.6.0`            | `npm audit fix` should be sufficient                                                                   |\n| `socket.io@2.4.x` and below | `~3.5.0`            | Please upgrade to `socket.io@2.5.0`                                                                    |\n\n### Workarounds\n\nThere is no known workaround except upgrading to a safe version.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n\n* Open an issue in [`engine.io`](https://github.com/socketio/engine.io)\n\nThanks to [Jonathan Neve](https://github.com/jonathanneve) for the responsible disclosure.\n",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "npm",
      "name" : "engine.io"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "3.6.1"
      } ]
    } ]
  }, {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "npm",
      "name" : "engine.io"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "4.0.0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "6.2.1"
      } ]
    } ]
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/security/advisories/GHSA-r7qp-cfhv-p84w"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41940"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/425e833ab13373edf1dd5a0706f07100db14e3c6"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/83c4071af871fc188298d7d591e95670bf9f9085"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/socketio/engine.io"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-248" ],
    "severity" : "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2022-11-21T23:55:41Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : "2022-11-22T01:15:00Z"
  }
}