CVE-2017-16014
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 4, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:08 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHTTP Proxy
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Http-proxy is a proxying library. Because of the way errors are handled in versions before 0.7.0, an attacker that forces an error can crash the server, causing a denial of service.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 0.7.0<=0.6.6
Affected range stops below 0.7.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/nodejitsu/node-http-proxy/pull/101CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-703CWE-388
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