CVE-2017-16021 (GCVE-0-2017-16021)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-04 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:46
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
uri-js is a module that tries to fully implement RFC 3986. One of these features is validating whether or not a supplied URL is valid or not. To do this, uri-js uses a regular expression, This regular expression is vulnerable to redos. This causes the program to hang and the CPU to idle at 100% usage while uri-js is trying to validate if the supplied URL is valid or not. To check if you're vulnerable, look for a call to `require("uri-js").parse()` where a user is able to send their own input. This affects uri-js 2.1.1 and earlier.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-400 - Denial of Service (CWE-400)
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/garycourt/uri-js/issues/12 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/100 | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HackerOne | uri-js node module |
Affected:
<=2.1.1
|
guessed |
Date Public
2018-04-26 00:00
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