CVE-2018-7159
CVE-2018-7159 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Intelligence
The HTTP parser in all current versions of Node.js ignores spaces in the `Content-Length` header, allowing input such as `Content-Length: 1 2` to be interpreted as having a value of `12`. The HTTP specification does not allow for spaces in the `Content-Length` value and the Node.js HTTP parser has been brought into line on this particular difference. The security risk of this flaw to Node.js users is considered to be VERY LOW as it is difficult, and may be impossible, to craft an attack that makes use of this flaw in a way that could not already be achieved by supplying an incorrect value for `Content-Length`. Vulnerabilities may exist in user-code that make incorrect assumptions about the potential accuracy of this value compared to the actual length of the data supplied. Node.js users crafting lower-level HTTP utilities are advised to re-check the length of any input supplied after…
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, nodejs
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
4%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
Unscored
no source published a base score
Affected scope
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Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-115
References
3 on the record
- nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/march-2018-security-releases/
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- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2258
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K27228191?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
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Elsewhere on this site
- the node js projectevery CVE for this vendor
- CWE-115other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.