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CVE-2017-16098

N/A
Published: June 7, 2018 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:08 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCharset

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Charset· Charset Projectnpm
95%
v < 1.0.0v < 1.0.1
Affected range stops below 1.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/node-modules/charset/issues/10
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/524

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400

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