Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-20162

Title: Vercel Ms

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2017-20162.

CWE Category CWE-1333
Published Date Jan 05, 2023
Modified Date Nov 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.3 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.31%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-20162: A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in vercel ms up to 1.x. This issue affects the function parse of the file index.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.0.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is named caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217451.

Impacted Vendors

V
vercel 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/vercel/ms/commit/caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662 https://github.com/vercel/ms/pull/89 https://github.com/vercel/ms/releases/tag/2.0.0 https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217451 https://vuldb.com/?id.217451 https://github.com/vercel/ms/commit/caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662 https://github.com/vercel/ms/pull/89 https://github.com/vercel/ms/releases/tag/2.0.0 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002/ https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217451 https://vuldb.com/?id.217451
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
3.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2017-20162 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.