What is CVE-2017-18361?

CVE-2017-18361 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pylonsproject Colander, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-18361?

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

Vulnerability in Pylonsproject Colander

CVE-2017-18361

In Pylons Colander through 1.6, the URL validator allows an attacker to potentially cause an infinite loop thereby causing a denial of service via an unclosed parenthesis.

EPSS: 0.018 (75.9th 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

Pylonsproject Colander
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18361?: CVE-2017-18361 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pylonsproject Colander, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-18361?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.