What is CVE-2017-16099?

CVE-2017-16099 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hackerone No-Case Node Module, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-16099?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-16099 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Hackerone No-Case Node Module

CVE-2017-16099

The no-case module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service. When malicious untrusted user input is passed into no-case it can block the event loop causing a denial of service condition.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.016 (73.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Hackerone No-case Node Module — versions <2.3.2
No-case_project No-case

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

support@hackerone.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
support@hackerone.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16099?: CVE-2017-16099 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hackerone No-Case Node Module, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-16099?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-16099 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.