{"id":"CVE-2017-20165","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-20165","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:46:52.583Z","title":"A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in debug-js debug up to 3.0.x.","description":"A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in debug-js debug up to 3.0.x. This affects the function useColors of the file src/node.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 3.1.0 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is c38a0166c266a679c8de012d4eaccec3f944e685. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-217665 was assigned to this vulnerability.","published":"2023-01-09T10:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:15:19.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cna@vuldb.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-1333"],"affected":["debug project/debug"],"epss":{"score":0.02105,"percentile":0.81647,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.10%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/debug-js/debug/commit/c38a0166c266a679c8de012d4eaccec3f944e685","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/debug-js/debug/pull/504","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/debug-js/debug/releases/tag/3.1.0","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217665","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?id.217665","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/debug-js/debug/commit/c38a0166c266a679c8de012d4eaccec3f944e685","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/debug-js/debug/pull/504","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/debug-js/debug/releases/tag/3.1.0","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217665","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?id.217665","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20165","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}