Denial of service in Moment module for Node.js

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU11300

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18214

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to resource exhaustion. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted data string and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Update to version 2.19.3.

Vulnerable software versions

Moment: 2.18.0 - 2.19.2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:moment_project:moment:2.18.0:*:*:*:*:nodejs:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:moment_project:moment:2.18.1:*:*:*:*:nodejs:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:moment_project:moment:2.19.0:*:*:*:*:nodejs:*:*

External links

https://github.com/moment/moment/issues/4163

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.