CVE-2017-16098

Published: Jun 7, 2018Modified: Nov 21, 2024

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Charset Project: Charset

Charset Project

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Charset Project Charset	Before 1.0.1

Related CWEs

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (4)

https://github.com/node-modules/charset/issues/10

Source: support@hackerone.com

ExploitThird Party Advisory

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/524

Source: support@hackerone.com

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/node-modules/charset/issues/10

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitThird Party Advisory

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/524

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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