VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-7161

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability7.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-06-13
Last modified2026-10-08
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references