Vulnerability Report

CVE-2018-1000168

Title: Nodejs Node.Js Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2018-1000168.

CWE Category CWE-476
Published Date May 08, 2018
Modified Date Jun 09, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
3.39%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-1000168: nghttp2 version >= 1.10.0 and nghttp2 <= v1.31.0 contains an Improper Input Validation CWE-20 vulnerability in ALTSVC frame handling that can result in segmentation fault leading to denial of service. This attack appears to be exploitable via network client. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in >= 1.31.1.

Impacted Vendors

N
nghttp2 1
N
nodejs 1
J
joyent 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103952 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0366 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0367 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00011.html https://nghttp2.org/blog/2018/04/12/nghttp2-v1-31-1/ https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2018-security-releases/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103952 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0366 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0367 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00011.html https://nghttp2.org/blog/2018/04/12/nghttp2-v1-31-1/ https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2018-security-releases/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
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:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
7.5
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:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2018-1000168 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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.