PT-2018-16161 · Protobufjs · Protobufjs

Chalker + 1 · Published 2018-06-07 · Updated 2023-01-30 · CVE-2018-3738

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions protobufjs versions prior to 5.0.3 protobufjs versions prior to 6.8.6

Description The issue concerns a regular expression denial of service when parsing crafted invalid .proto files, potentially leading to ReDoS.

Recommendations Update to version 5.0.3 or later. Update to version 6.8.6 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770

CWE-185

CWE-1333

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-3738

GHSA-762F-C2WG-M8C8

Affected Products

Protobufjs

References · 7

• 🔥 https://hackerone.com/reports/319576 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-762f-c2wg-m8c8 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3738 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-3738 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/dcodeIO/protobuf.js/blob/6.8.5/src/parse.js#L27 · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-762f-c2wg-m8c8 · Note
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/605 · Note