What is CVE-2018-7161?

CVE-2018-7161 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Node.js, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-7161?

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

Improper input validation in Nodejs Node.js

CVE-2018-7161

All versions of Node.js 8.x, 9.x, and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is HIGH. An attacker can cause a denial of service (DoS) by causing a node server providing an http2 server to crash. This can be accomplished by interacting with the http2 server in a manner that triggers a cleanup bug where objects are used in native code after they are no longer available. This has been addressed by updating the http2 implementation.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.079 (94.1th 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

Nodejs Node.js
The Node.js Project — versions 8.x+, 9.x+, 10.x+

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

cve-request@iojs.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve-request@iojs.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve-request@iojs.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7161?: CVE-2018-7161 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Node.js, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-7161?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.