VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-10578
Unicode before 9.0.0 downloads binary resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks.
HIGH 8.1EPSS 0.58%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.58%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
unicode loads unicode data downloaded from unicode.org into nodejs. Unicode before 9.0.0 downloads binary resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.58% probability · 46th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-311, CWE-310
- Affected
- unicode project/unicode
- Source
- support@hackerone.com
References
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/161Third Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/161Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.