What is CVE-2018-16470?

CVE-2018-16470 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rack, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-11-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-16470?

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

Resource exhaustion in Rack

CVE-2018-16470

There is a possible DoS vulnerability in the multipart parser in Rack before 2.0.6. Specially crafted requests can cause the multipart parser to enter a pathological state, causing the parser to use CPU resources disproportionate to the re…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.020 (78.7th 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

Rack — versions 2.0.6
Rack_project Rack — versions 2.0.4, 2.0.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

support@hackerone.com (x_refsource_MISC)
support@hackerone.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16470?: CVE-2018-16470 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rack, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-11-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-16470?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.