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CVE-2017-16116

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Date: June 6, 2018

The string module is a module that provides extra string operations. The string module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when specifically crafted untrusted user input is passed into the underscore or unescapeHTML methods. Converted from WS-2018-0232, on 2021-07-21.

Language: JS

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Related Resources (6)

https://github.com/jprichardson/string.js/issues/212
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16116
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/536
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/536
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g36h-6r4f-3mqp
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-16116

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-400

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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