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CVE-2018-16469

Published: 30 October 2018

The merge.recursive function in the merge package <1.2.1 can be tricked into adding or modifying properties of the Object prototype. These properties will be present on all objects allowing for a denial of service attack.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
node-merge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needed

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Needed

groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
jammy Needed

kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
lunar Not vulnerable
(2.1.1+ds-3)
mantic Not vulnerable
(2.1.1+ds-3)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (1.2.1)
xenial Needed

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H