CVE-2022-25324

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—

7.5

All versions of package bignum are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a type-check exception in V8, when verifying the type of the second argument to the .powm function, V8 will crash regardless of Node try/catch blocks.

CVSS v3: 7.5
EG Score: 7.5(medium)
EPSS: 56.2%
KEV: Not listed

Published

May 6, 2022

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (4)

report@snykhttps://github.com/justmoon/node-bignum/blob/ef2e02533e598d6df8421000033c4753cde89ee2/index.js%23L111
report@snykhttps://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-BIGNUM-2388581
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/justmoon/node-bignum/blob/ef2e02533e598d6df8421000033c4753cde89ee2/index.js%23L111
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-BIGNUM-2388581

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
npm	bignum	—	ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)

npm(1)

Package	Vulnerable range	Fixed in	Dependents
bignum	—	—	—

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 7× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-05-27 13:39 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-27 13:39 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 13:43 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 07:17 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 07:17 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-25 22:37 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-25 22:37 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2022-25324?

CVE-2022-25324 is a high vulnerability published on May 6, 2022. All versions of package bignum are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a type-check exception in V8, when verifying the type of the second argument to the .powm function, V8 will crash regardless of Node try/catch blocks.

When was CVE-2022-25324 disclosed?

CVE-2022-25324 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 6, 2022, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2022-25324 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-25324 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 56.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-25324?

CVE-2022-25324 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2022-25324?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2022-25324, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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