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Vulnerability details: VCID-wg15-1yfy-ebg1
Vulnerability ID VCID-wg15-1yfy-ebg1
Aliases CVE-2018-12121
Summary Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0, 8.14.0, 10.14.0 and 11.3.0: Denial of Service with large HTTP headers: By using a combination of many requests with maximum sized headers (almost 80 KB per connection), and carefully timed completion of the headers, it is possible to cause the HTTP server to abort from heap allocation failure. Attack potential is mitigated by the use of a load balancer or other proxy layer.
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-2018-12121.json
epss 0.01515 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12121
epss 0.02044 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12121
epss 0.02044 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12121
epss 0.04357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12121
epss 0.04357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12121
epss 0.04357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12121
epss 0.04357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12121
epss 0.04357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12121
epss 0.04357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12121
epss 0.04357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12121
epss 0.04357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12121
epss 0.04357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12121
epss 0.04357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12121
epss 0.05801 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12121
epss 0.05801 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12121
cvssv3 7.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12121
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12121
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1821
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3497
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-12121.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12121
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12121
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2018-security-releases/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241227-0008/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106043
1661002 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1661002
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:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:-:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-12121 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12121
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-2018-12121.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

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none

required

unchanged

changed

high

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none

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low

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none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

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unchanged

changed

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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12121
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

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low

multiple

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none

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partial

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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-2018-12121
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 0.80545
EPSS Score 0.01515
Published At Aug. 3, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:35:57.347762+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.22/main.json 37.0.0