What is CVE-2017-18214?

CVE-2017-18214 is a high-severity vulnerability in Momentjs Moment, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-03-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-18214?

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

Is CVE-2017-18214 known to be exploited?

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

Resource exhaustion in Momentjs Moment

CVE-2017-18214

The moment module before 2.19.3 for Node.js is prone to a regular expression denial of service via a crafted date string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4055.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.037 (88.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Momentjs Moment
Tenable Nessus
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, URL Repurposed, Not Applicable)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18214?: CVE-2017-18214 is a high-severity vulnerability in Momentjs Moment, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-03-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-18214?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-18214 known to be exploited?: 15 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.