CVE-2013-4450

CVE-2013-4450 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Node.js versions 0.10.x prior to 0.10.21 and 0.8.x prior to 0.8.26. An attacker can exploit this by sending numerous pipelined HTTP requests without reading the responses, leading to significant memory and CPU consumption on the server. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild, a Metasploit module exists for this vulnerability, but there is no evidence of broader community discussion or media coverage.