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CVE-2017-20162

MEDIUM
Published 2023-01-05T11:49:24.249Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
4.3
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.140
Higher than 14.0% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
Not Available
Attack Complexity
Not Available
Privileges Required
Not Available
User Interaction
Not Available
Scope
Not Available

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
Not Available
Integrity
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Availability
Not Available

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in vercel ms up to 1.x. This issue affects the function parse of the file index.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.0.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is named caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217451.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

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Affected Products

vercel

ms

Affected Versions:

1.x

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed MODERATE

Vercel ms Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability

GHSA-w9mr-4mfr-499f

Advisory Details

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in vercel ms up to 1.x. This issue affects the function parse of the file index.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.0.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217451.

Affected Packages

npm ms
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <2.0.0

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20162
WEB https://github.com/vercel/ms/pull/89
WEB https://github.com/vercel/ms/commit/caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662
PACKAGE https://github.com/vercel/ms
WEB https://github.com/vercel/ms/releases/tag/2.0.0
WEB https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217451
WEB https://vuldb.com/?id.217451

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: January 5, 2023, Modified: January 11, 2023

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.217451
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217451
https://github.com/vercel/ms/pull/89
https://github.com/vercel/ms/commit/caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662
https://github.com/vercel/ms/releases/tag/2.0.0
Published: 2023-01-05T11:49:24.249Z
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T21:45:25.992Z
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