Denial of Service Vulnerability in Axios by Axios
CVE-2019-10742

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Axios

Status
Axios
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 May 2019

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC🟣 EPSS 13%

What is CVE-2019-10742?

The Axios library, up to version 0.18.0, is susceptible to a denial of service flaw that allows attackers to disrupt application execution. This occurs when the library continues to accept content input even after exceeding the predefined maxContentLength limit. As a result, the application may crash, leading to potential service interruptions.

Affected Version(s)

axios through 0.18.0

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2019-10742
Created by Viniciuspxf

References

https://app.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-AXIOS-174505
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https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/1098
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https://github.com/axios/axios/pull/1485
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EPSS Score

13% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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