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CVE-2018-3738

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Date: June 6, 2018

protobufjs is vulnerable to ReDoS when parsing crafted invalid .proto files.

Language: JS

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (6)

Url: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-762f-c2wg-m8c8

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3738

Url: https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/605

Url: https://github.com/dcodeIO/protobuf.js/blob/6.8.5/src/parse.js#L27

Url: https://hackerone.com/reports/319576

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-3738

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Incorrect Regular Expression

CWE-185

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CWE-770

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

CWE-1333

Top Fix

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Upgrade to version 6.8.6

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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