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CVE-2017-16138

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Date: June 6, 2018

The mime module < 1.4.1, 2.0.1, 2.0.2 is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when a mime lookup is performed on untrusted user input. Converted from WS-2017-0330, on 2022-11-08.

Language: JS

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Related Resources (8)

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/535
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16138
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16138
https://github.com/broofa/mime/commit/855d0c4b8b22e4a80b9401a81f2872058eae274d
https://github.com/broofa/mime/commit/1df903fdeb9ae7eaa048795b8d580ce2c98f40b0
https://github.com/broofa/node-mime/issues/167
https://github.com/broofa/mime
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-16138

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-400

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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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