7.5high
CVE-2017-16111
Regular Expression Denial of Service in content
Also known as GHSA-x6wp-rfwh-hcx7
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.1%
percentile 66%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
The content module is a module to parse HTTP Content-* headers. It is used by the hapijs framework to provide this functionality. The module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when passed a specifically crafted Content-Type or Content-Disposition header.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.11% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | content | <3.0.7 | 3.0.7 |
Affected products
- HackerOne content node module
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
- nodesecurity.io /advisories/530 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16111 · advisory
- github.com /advisories/GHSA-x6wp-rfwh-hcx7 · advisory
- npmjs.com /advisories/530 · web
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-16111
- GitHub Advisory: GHSA-x6wp-rfwh-hcx7
- NVD: CVE-2017-16111
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