CVE-2018-7161

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: June 13, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC

Updated: October 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorNode.js

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 7%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

All versions of Node.js 8.x, 9.x, and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is HIGH. An attacker can cause a denial of service (DoS) by causing a node server providing an http2 server to crash. This can be accomplished by interacting with the http2 server in a manner that triggers a cleanup bug where objects are used in native code after they are no longer available. This has been addressed by updating the http2 implementation.

Affected

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

Node.js · Node.js

95%

10.0.0 ≤ v < 10.4.18.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.8.18.9.0 ≤ v < 8.11.39.0.0 ≤ v < 9.11.2*10.x+8.x+9.x+

Affected range stops below 10.4.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 8.11.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.11.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106363

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2018-security-releases/

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-20

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