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Vulnerability details: VCID-evst-4u5k-mfek
Vulnerability ID VCID-evst-4u5k-mfek
Aliases CVE-2018-7164
Summary Node.js versions 9.7.0 and later and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is MEDIUM. A bug introduced in 9.7.0 increases the memory consumed when reading from the network into JavaScript using the net.Socket object directly as a stream. An attacker could use this cause a denial of service by sending tiny chunks of data in short succession. This vulnerability was restored by reverting to the prior behaviour.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-7164.json
epss 0.00905 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7164
epss 0.00905 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7164
epss 0.00905 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7164
epss 0.00905 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7164
epss 0.00905 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7164
epss 0.00905 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7164
epss 0.00905 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7164
epss 0.00905 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7164
epss 0.00905 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7164
epss 0.00905 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7164
epss 0.00905 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7164
epss 0.00905 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7164
epss 0.00905 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7164
epss 0.00905 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7164
epss 0.00905 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7164
epss 0.00905 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7164
epss 0.00905 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7164
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7164
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7164
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-7164.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7164
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7164
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104463
1591023 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1591023
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-7164 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7164
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-7164.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7164
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7164
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.74794
EPSS Score 0.00905
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T09:57:12.355723+00:00 NVD Importer Import https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7164 37.0.0