Vulnerability Report

CVE-2018-12121

Title: Nodejs Node.Js Denial of Service (DoS)

Denial of Service (DoS)

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2018-12121.

CWE Category CWE-400
Published Date Nov 28, 2018
Modified Date Dec 27, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
5.57%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-12121: Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0, 8.14.0, 10.14.0 and 11.3.0: Denial of Service with large HTTP headers: By using a combination of many requests with maximum sized headers (almost 80 KB per connection), and carefully timed completion of the headers, it is possible to cause the HTTP server to abort from heap allocation failure. Attack potential is mitigated by the use of a load balancer or other proxy layer.

Impacted Vendors

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nodejs 1
J
joyent 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106043 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1821 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2258 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3497 https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2018-security-releases/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106043 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1821 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2258 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3497 https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2018-security-releases/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241227-0008/
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 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-2018-12121 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.