CVE-2018-25049 email-existence index.js redos
An attacker can cause a denial of service in the email-existence library by triggering inefficient regular expression complexity.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-25049?
CVE-2018-25049 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in email-existence, published on 27 Dec 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A vulnerability was found in email-existence. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file index.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The name of the patch is 0029ba71b6ad0d8ec0baa2ecc6256d038bdd9b56. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-216854 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-1333
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-25049?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including email-existence. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
email-existence npm | All versions to 0.1.6 | None |
email-existence npm | All versions to 0.1.6 | None |
Products include Email-Existence Project Email-Existence.
How do I fix CVE-2018-25049?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-25049 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-25049 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-25049 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p27h-4cpf-fw48.