CVE-2017-16098

charset 1.0.0 and below are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service. Input of around 50k characters is required for a slow down of around 2 seconds. Unless node was compiled using the -DHTTP_MAX_HEADER_SIZE= option the default header max length is 80kb, so the impact of the ReDoS is relatively low.

Affected

HackerOne · charset node module

CVSS v3.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

1.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 76th percentile

Published

2018-06-07

Updated

2024-09-16

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• ossf-cve-benchmark/CVE-2017-160980★ · 2020-11-30

Security advisories

• node-modules/charset/issues/10
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/524
• advisories/GHSA-9cp3-fh5x-xfcj

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry