CVE-2017-16118
The forwarded module is used by the Express.js framework to handle the X-Forwarded-For header. It is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when it's passed specially crafted input to parse. This causes the event loop to be blocked causing a denial of service condition.
Published:Jun 7, 2018
Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
EPS:Jun 7, 2018
EPSS Score:0.006
CVSS Score:7.5
Affected Products
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Product
Action
Vendor
Forwarded Project
Product
Forwarded
Forwarded Project
Forwarded
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
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Physical
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
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Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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