CVE-2017-16138
mime Regular Expression Denial of Service when MIME lookup performed on untrusted user input
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.43%
Description
The mime module < 1.4.1, 2.0.1, 2.0.2 is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when a mime lookup is performed on untrusted user input.
How to fix CVE-2017-16138
To remediate CVE-2017-16138, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/node-mime—upgrade to 2.3.1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.0.3 or later
Is CVE-2017-16138 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.3.1-1
- >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |