Medium severity · published Jun 7, 2018
CVE-2018-3738
protobufjs is vulnerable to ReDoS when parsing crafted invalid .proto files
5.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
protobufjs is vulnerable to ReDoS when parsing crafted invalid .proto files.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PR
Protobufjs · Protobufjs Project
through 6.8.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3738
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3738
Exploit
https://hackerone.com/reports/319576
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