7.5high
CVE-2018-7162
All versions of Node.js 9.x and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is HIGH.
Published 8 y ago · modified 29 d ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
6.6%
percentile 94%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
All versions of Node.js 9.x and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is HIGH. An attacker can cause a denial of service (DoS) by causing a node process which provides an http server supporting TLS server to crash. This can be accomplished by sending duplicate/unexpected messages during the handshake. This vulnerability has been addressed by updating the TLS implementation.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 29 d ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
6.64% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Affected products
- The Node.js Project Node.js
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
- Technology feeds
- Node.js (RSS, critical only)
References
- nodejs.org /en/blog/vulnerability/june-2018-security-releases/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/104468 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- security.gentoo.org /glsa/202003-48 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-7162
- NVD: CVE-2018-7162
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