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CVE-2018-3745

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-3745 is a critical vulnerability affecting atob_project atob versions 2.0.3 and earlier, where uninitialized Buffers are allocated when a number is passed as input on Node.js 4.x and below. With a CVSS score of 9.1, this vulnerability allows for remote, low-complexity attacks with high impact on confidentiality and availability, requiring no user interaction or privileges. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atob_project:atob:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0217 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: atobFixed in: 2.1.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-8w4h-3cm3-2pm2critical

Out-of-bounds Read in atob

Oct 9, 2018

References

hackerone.com / reports/321686
ExploitThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230622-0009