CVE-2018-7162
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.0%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-7162
To remediate CVE-2018-7162, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 10.15.0~dfsg-6 or later
Is CVE-2018-7162 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 10.15.0~dfsg-6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |