5.9

CVE-2018-7651: ssri_project ssri Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-7651DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7651GHSA-325j-24f4-qv5x
Published 04-03-2018Last modified 16-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-7651 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in ssri_project ssri. EPSS estimates a 1.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.9, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.71%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 04-03-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

index.js in the ssri module before 5.2.2 for Node.js is prone to a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in strict mode functionality via a long base64 hash string.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.71%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.01 pp

From 1.72% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • node-ssri< 5.2.4-1
Npm1 product
  • ssri< 5.2.2
Ssri_project1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • node-ssriAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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