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High severity · published Jun 13, 2018
CVE-2018-7161
All versions of Node.js 8.x, 9.x, and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is HIGH
7.5
CVSS
7.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
All versions of Node.js 8.x, 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 server providing an http2 server to crash. This can be accomplished by interacting with the http2 server in a manner that triggers a cleanup bug where objects are used in native code after they are no longer available. This has been addressed by updating the http2 implementation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.5% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NO
Node.js · The Node.js Project
8.x+; 9.x+; 10.x+ · source: vendor, NVD
Affected product
NO
Node.js
The Node.js Project
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7161
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7161
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106363
Patch
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2018-security-releases/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48
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