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CVE-2018-7164 json

Node.js versions 9.7.0 and later and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is MEDIUM.

published 2018-06-13 8 y ago modified 2026-10-08 31 d ago also EUVD-2018-18906

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.2%
EPSS 6.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Node.js versions 9.7.0 and later and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is MEDIUM. A bug introduced in 9.7.0 increases the memory consumed when reading from the network into JavaScript using the net.Socket object directly as a stream. An attacker could use this cause a denial of service by sending tiny chunks of data in short succession. This vulnerability was restored by reverting to the prior behaviour.

Patch / fix

  • nodejs node.js 9.11.2, 10.4.1
  • nodejs Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 10.15.0~dfsg-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7164

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-7164 updated cvss 7.5

nodejs: uncontrolled memory consumption when using the net.Socket as a stream

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 npm, nodejs, nodejs-libs, nodejs-nodemon, nodejs-full-i18n, nodejs-packaging, +1 more Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes nodejs Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10 logging-kibana, logging-auth-proxy Red Hat Software Collections rh-nodejs8-npm, rh-nodejs4-nodejs, rh-nodejs6-nodejs, rh-nodejs8-nodejs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
32 d ago

Exploit prediction

6.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • The Node.js Project Node.js

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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References

Sources

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