CVE-2017-16138 is a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability affecting versions of the mime module prior to 1.4.1, 2.0.1, and 2.0.2. This vulnerability can be triggered when the module performs a mime lookup on untrusted user input. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it poses a significant availability risk (A:H) due to its low attack complexity (AC:L) and network-based attack vector (AV:N), requiring no user interaction or privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mime_project:mime:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | ||
>= 2.0.1, < 2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mime_project:mime:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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