Incorrect Regular Expression

CVE-2018-3738

Medium

5.5/10

Summary

Versions of protobufjs before 5.0.3 and 6.8.6 are vulnerable to ReDoS when parsing crafted invalid .proto files.

Attack Complexity: LOW
Attack Vector: LOCAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
User Interaction: REQUIRED
Privileges Required: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: HIGH

CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

The software specifies a regular expression in a way that causes data to be improperly matched or compared.

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Advisory Timeline

Published Jun 07, 2018