CVE-2018-3738
Denial of Service in protobufjs
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.18%
Description
Versions of `protobufjs` before 5.0.3 and 6.8.6 are vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when parsing crafted invalid *.proto files. ## Recommendation Update to version 5.0.3, 6.8.6 or later.
How to fix CVE-2018-3738
To remediate CVE-2018-3738, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- npm/protobufjs—upgrade to 6.8.6 or later
Is CVE-2018-3738 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 6.0.0, < 6.8.6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |