9.8

CVE-2022-37616: debian debian_linux Prototype Pollution

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-37616DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37616DLA-3154-1
Published 11-10-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-37616 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Prototype Pollution vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.12%
0%100%
Low · +0.42 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-6102-1

Timeline

  1. 11-10-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A prototype pollution vulnerability exists in the function copy in dom.js in the xmldom (published as @xmldom/xmldom) package before 0.8.3 for Node.js via the p variable. NOTE: the vendor states "we are in the process of marking this report as invalid"; however, some third parties takes the position that "A prototype injection/Prototype pollution is not just when global objects are polluted with recursive merge or deep cloning but also when a target object is polluted."

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.42 pp

From 1.70% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
2.12%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • node-xmldom< 0.1.27+ds-1+deb10u1 | < 0.8.3-1
  • debian_linuxEOL10.0
@xmldom1 product
  • xmldom≥ 0.8.0, < 0.8.3 | ≥ 0.9.0-beta.1, < 0.9.0-beta.2 | < 0.7.6
Npm1 product
  • xmldom≤ 0.6.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • node-xmldom< 0.1.27+ds-1+deb10u2build0.20.04.1 | < 0.7.5-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
Xmldom_project1 product
  • xmldom≤ 0.6.0 | ≥ 0.7.0, < 0.7.6 | ≥ 0.8.0, < 0.8.3 | 0.9.0:beta1

5 vendors · 6 products

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