What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-3739?

CVE-2018-3739 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 9.1 (Critical). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 2.0%.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2018-3739?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2018-3739. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 2.0%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2018-3739?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2018-3739. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Https Proxy Agent CVE-2018-3739

CRITICAL

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)

2018-06-07 support@hackerone.com

Denial Of Service Https Proxy Agent

9.1

CVSS 3.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

9.1 CRITICAL

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.0/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

High

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Jun 07, 2018 - 02:29 nvd

CRITICAL 9.1

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

7 npm packages depend on https-proxy-agent (5 direct, 2 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 2.2.0.

DescriptionNVD

AnalysisAI

https-proxy-agent before 2.1.1 passes auth option to the Buffer constructor without proper sanitization, resulting in DoS and uninitialized memory leak in setups where an attacker could submit typed. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. https-proxy-agent before 2.1.1 passes auth option to the Buffer constructor without proper sanitization, resulting in DoS and uninitialized memory leak in setups where an attacker could submit typed input to the 'auth' parameter (e.g. JSON). Affected products include: Https-Proxy-Agent Project Https-Proxy-Agent. Version information: before 2.1.1.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement rate limiting, set resource quotas, validate input sizes, use timeouts.