CVE-2016-5325

6.1 MEDIUM
Published: October 10, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in the ServerResponse#writeHead function in Node.js 0.10.x before 0.10.47, 0.12.x before 0.12.16, 4.x before 4.6.0, and 6.x before 6.7.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via the reason argument.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93483
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2101
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c0f13e56a20f9bde5a67d873a7f9564487160762
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Patch
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2016-security-releases/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-43
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93483
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2101
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c0f13e56a20f9bde5a67d873a7f9564487160762
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2016-security-releases/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-43
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.1 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.0%
77th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-113

Affected Vendors

nodejs suse

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