CVE catalog
CVE-2017-16138
node-mime: CVE-2017-16138
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.12% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-mime | sid | 4.1.0+dfsg+~cs8.97.10-7 | fixed |
| Debian | node-mime | forky | 4.1.0+dfsg+~cs8.97.10-7 | fixed |
| Debian | node-mime | trixie | 3.0.0+dfsg+~cs6.97.2-2 | fixed |
| Debian | node-mime | bookworm | 3.0.0+dfsg+~cs3.97.1-1 | fixed |
| Cpe | mime | Not reported | 2.0.3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | node-mime | 14.04 | 1.2.5-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-mime | 14.04 | 1.2.11-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-mime | 16.04 | 1.3.4-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-mime | 18.04 | 1.3.4-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-mime | source | sid | 2.3.1-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [901277] |
| Debian | node-mime | source | forky | 2.3.1-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [901277] |
| Debian | node-mime | source | trixie | 2.3.1-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [901277] |
| Debian | node-mime | source | bookworm | 2.3.1-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [901277] |
| Cpe | mime | cpe | Not reported | 2.0.3 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2017-16138 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [node-mime]Fixed
Details (2)
3.0.0+dfsg+~cs3.97.1-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.3.1-1dsa · node-mime · debian · bookworm; dsa · node-mime · debian · 12
3.0.0+dfsg+~cs3.97.1-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.3.1-1dsa · node-mime · debian · bookworm; dsa · node-mime · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [node-mime]Fixed
Details (2)
3.0.0+dfsg+~cs6.97.2-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.3.1-1dsa · node-mime · debian · 13
3.0.0+dfsg+~cs6.97.2-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.3.1-1dsa · node-mime · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16138]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16138]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16138]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16138]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-16138.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]