CVE-2017-16137
low-risk
Published 2018-06-07
The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low severity issue.
Do I need to act?
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0.10% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.3/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Debug
Affected Vendors
References (10)
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/501
Third Party Advisory
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/534
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/501
Third Party Advisory
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/534
26
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
21/34 · High
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal