Description
The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low severity issue.
Published: 2018-06-07
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: 2.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0400 The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low severity issue.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-gxpj-cx7g-858c Regular Expression Denial of Service in debug
History

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-15T15:54:18.885Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-16137

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:13:07.261Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-07T02:29:03.817

Modified: 2026-10-15T16:17:27.250

Link: CVE-2017-16137

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-16137 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-20

    Improper Input Validation

  • CWE-400

    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption