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Vulnerability details: VCID-fjaq-v9m9-bbgv
Vulnerability ID VCID-fjaq-v9m9-bbgv
Aliases CVE-2018-7161
Summary All versions of Node.js 8.x, 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 server providing an http2 server to crash. This can be accomplished by interacting with the http2 server in a manner that triggers a cleanup bug where objects are used in native code after they are no longer available. This has been addressed by updating the http2 implementation.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-7161.json
epss 0.01423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7161
epss 0.01423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7161
epss 0.01423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7161
epss 0.01423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7161
epss 0.01423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7161
epss 0.01423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7161
epss 0.01423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7161
epss 0.01423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7161
epss 0.01423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7161
epss 0.01423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7161
epss 0.01423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7161
epss 0.01423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7161
epss 0.01423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7161
epss 0.01468 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7161
epss 0.01468 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7161
epss 0.01468 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7161
epss 0.01468 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7161
epss 0.01468 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7161
cvssv3 6.2 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7161
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7161
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-7161.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7161
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7161
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106363
1591013 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1591013
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:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
CVE-2018-7161 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7161
RHSA-2018:2949 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2949
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-2018-7161.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

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none

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unchanged

changed

high

low

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high

low

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low

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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

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low

high

none

low

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unchanged

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high

low

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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7161
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

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none

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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-2018-7161
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 0.79791
EPSS Score 0.01423
Published At Aug. 4, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:39:55.458545+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.10/main.json 37.0.0