CVE-2017-16098
CVSS V2 Medium 5
CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
charset 1.0.0 and below are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service. Input of around 50k characters is required for a slow down of around 2 seconds. Unless node was compiled using the -DHTTP_MAX_HEADER_SIZE= option the default header max length is 80kb, so the impact of the ReDoS is relatively low.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-16098
- Assigner
- support@hackerone.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2018-06-07T02:29:02
- Last Modified Date
- 2019-10-09T23:24:45
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:charset_project:charset:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | 1 | OR | 1.0.1 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.5
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/524 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/node-modules/charset/issues/10 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16098 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16098 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 17:10:57 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 07:18:48 | cve-assignments@hackerone.com | support@hackerone.com | CVE Assigner | updated |
| 2022-12-03 07:18:48 | 2018-06-07T02:29Z | 2018-06-07T02:29:02 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 07:18:48 | 2019-10-09T23:24:45 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 07:18:48 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |