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01 Record

CVE-2018-3738

protobufjs is vulnerable to ReDoS when parsing crafted invalid .proto files.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: hackerone
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

protobufjs is vulnerable to ReDoS when parsing crafted invalid .proto files.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 60.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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
2024-09-16 23:46Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2017-12-28
Assigning CNA
hackerone
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase
  • CWE-185Incorrect Regular ExpressionClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
ecb5c6f4eba0b9d63d8d2e0d00a4ea46769612b51cf3f5375745d222ccefef5c

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
HackerOneprotobufjs node moduleVersions up to and including 6.8.5—

06 References