CVE-2017-16116

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    CVE-2017-16116

    Published: 7 Jun 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/536, https://github.com/jprichardson/string.js/issues/212

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.3.3
    3.3.2
    3.3.1
    3.3.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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