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CVE-2017-16118 Details

Description

The forwarded module is used by the Express.js framework to handle the X-Forwarded-For header. It is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when it's passed specially crafted input to parse. This causes the event loop to be blocked causing a denial of service condition.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/527 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104427 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/527 [email protected]Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104427 [email protected]Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption[email protected]
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
forwarded project forwarded
< 0.1.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:forwarded_project:forwarded:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-16118
NVD Published Date:
Jun 7, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-16118 Details - Not Deferred