CVE-2018-7162

HIGH

Node.js 9.0.0-9.11.1 - Denial of Service via TLS Handshake Message Tampering

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

All versions of Node.js 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 process which provides an http server supporting TLS server to crash. This can be accomplished by sending duplicate/unexpected messages during the handshake. This vulnerability has been addressed by updating the TLS implementation.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104468
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0102
EPSS Percentile 77.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
nodejs/node.js 9.0.0 - 9.11.2
Published Jun 13, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026