Description
charset 1.0.0 and below are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service. Input of around 50k characters is required for a slow down of around 2 seconds. Unless node was compiled using the -DHTTP_MAX_HEADER_SIZE= option the default header max length is 80kb, so the impact of the ReDoS is relatively low.
Published: 2018-06-07
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0386 charset 1.0.0 and below are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service. Input of around 50k characters is required for a slow down of around 2 seconds. Unless node was compiled using the -DHTTP_MAX_HEADER_SIZE= option the default header max length is 80kb, so the impact of the ReDoS is relatively low.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9cp3-fh5x-xfcj Regular Expression Denial of Service in charset
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Charset Project Charset
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:03:05.636Z

Reserved: 2017-10-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16098

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-07T02:29:02.113

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:15:49.057

Link: CVE-2017-16098

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