CVE-2017-16118

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

The forwarded module is used by the Express.js framework to handle the X-Forwarded-For header. It is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when it's passed specially crafted input to parse. This causes the event loop to be blocked causing a denial of service condition.

Affected (1)

Products: Forwarded Project: Forwarded

Forwarded Project

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Forwarded Project Forwarded	Before 0.1.2

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)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104427

Source: support@hackerone.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/527

Source: support@hackerone.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104427

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

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/527

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

Third Party Advisory

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