CVE-2017-16137
The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low
02 Description
The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 2.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-15.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-06-07 02:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-15 15:54Z13 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-10-29
- Assigning CNA
- hackerone
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- bba50d61c820c17f10410b081fea5ac139935c04435e070d2702f16f5a918076
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/visionmedia/debug/pull/504
- github.comhttps://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/501
- nodesecurity.iohttps://nodesecurity.io/advisories/534
- lists.apache.org[netbeans-commits] 20200429 [jira] [Created] (NETBEANS-4280) cleanup potential security breacheshttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3%40%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[netbeans-notifications] 20200429 [GitHub] [netbeans] BradWalker opened a new pull request #2110: [NETBEANS-4280] - cleanup potential security breacheshttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c39f12d63%40%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3E
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- node-debug Fixed in 3.1.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- node-debug Fixed in 3.1.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- node-debug Fixed in 3.1.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- node-debug No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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