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Vulnerability details: VCID-z158-x137-k7g6
Vulnerability ID VCID-z158-x137-k7g6
Aliases CVE-2018-7162
Summary 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.
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-416 Use After Free
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-7162.json
epss 0.0179 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7162
epss 0.0179 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7162
epss 0.0179 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7162
epss 0.0179 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7162
epss 0.0179 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7162
epss 0.0179 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7162
epss 0.0179 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7162
epss 0.0179 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7162
epss 0.0179 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7162
epss 0.0179 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7162
epss 0.0179 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7162
epss 0.0179 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7162
epss 0.0179 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7162
epss 0.0179 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7162
cvssv2 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7162
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7162
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-7162.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7162
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7162
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104468
1591018 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1591018
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-2018-7162 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7162
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-2018-7162.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:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7162
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-2018-7162
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 0.81965
EPSS Score 0.0179
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T09:57:11.896544+00:00 NVD Importer Import https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7162 37.0.0