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Denial of Service in memjs

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 10, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 12, 2023

Package

npm memjs (npm)

Affected versions

<= 1.2.0

Patched versions

None

Description

Versions of memjs prior to 1.2.2 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). The package fails to sanitize the value option passed to the Buffer constructor, which may allow attackers to pass large values exhausting system resources.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 1.2.2 or later.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 10, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Sep 12, 2023

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(58th percentile)

Weaknesses

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2018-3767

GHSA ID

GHSA-cx8m-8xmx-q8v3

Source code

No known source code
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