What is CVE-2018-1109?

CVE-2018-1109 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Braces Project, classified under Incorrect Regular Expression. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-03-30.

How severe is CVE-2018-1109?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Braces Project

CVE-2018-1109

A vulnerability was found in Braces versions 2.2.0 and above, prior to 2.3.1. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks.

EPSS: 0.014 (68.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Braces_project Braces
N/a Nodejs-braces — versions 2.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-185 — Incorrect Regular Expression
CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1109?: CVE-2018-1109 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Braces Project, classified under Incorrect Regular Expression. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2018-1109?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.