6.8

CVE-2018-16487: hackerone lodash Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-16487DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16487GHSA-4xc9-xhrj-v574
Published 01-02-2019Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-16487 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in hackerone lodash. EPSS estimates a 1.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
37/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.49%
0%100%
Low · -0.06 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 01-02-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A prototype pollution vulnerability was found in lodash <4.17.11 where the functions merge, mergeWith, and defaultsDeep can be tricked into adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.49%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

74%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.06 pp

From 1.55% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.49%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (hackerone.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • node-lodash< 4.17.11+dfsg-1
Hackerone1 product
Lodash1 product
Npm1 product
  • lodash< 4.17.11
RubyGems1 product
  • lodash-rails< 4.17.11
Ubuntu1 product
  • node-lodashAll versions (No fix recorded)

6 vendors · 6 products

References

9 links