Security advisory

{
  "id": "4c76d5bec8b4c7e8ac3630317f946bbad86e13e42aea5562af3cde019240a156",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16138",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-16138",
    "summary": "The mime module < 1.4.1, 2.0.1, 2.0.2 is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when a mime lookup is performed on untrusted user input.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-16138",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-16138",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-16138",
        "GHSA-wrvr-8mpx-r7pp"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/broofa/mime",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "eb24bae372a76acd2c95fd05f8837814c33a9e3d"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "371e7e933dfbdc12a54266ea7da2f16b147f5107"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "f2d859eb53607b909cca03858429035bb025b21a"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mime_project:mime:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.4.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mime_project:mime:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.0.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.0.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v1.4.0",
            "v2.0.1",
            "v1.3.6",
            "v1.3.4",
            "v1.3.3",
            "v1.2.11",
            "v1.2.10",
            "v1.2.9",
            "v1.2.8",
            "v1.2.7",
            "v1.2.5"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16138.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:16.343744271Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/535",
        "https://github.com/broofa/node-mime/issues/167"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-16138",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380223,
  "published_at": "2018-06-07T02:29:03.863+00:00"
}