Resource exhaustion in Debug Project
CVE-2017-16137
The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low severity issue.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.029 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- Debug Project
- HackerOne Debug Node Module — versions <= 2.6.8 || >= 3.0.0 <= 3.0.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/visionmedia/debug/pull/504 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/501 (Third Party Advisory)
- nodesecurity.io/advisories/534 (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c3… (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-16137?
- CVE-2017-16137 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debug Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-06-07.
- How severe is CVE-2017-16137?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-16137 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.