CVE-2023-25166 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

formula is a math and string formula parser. In versions prior to 3.0.1 crafted user-provided strings to formula's parser might lead to polynomial execution time and a denial of service. Users should upgrade to 3.0.1+. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Hapi	Formula

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hapi:formula:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/hapijs/formula/commit/9fbc20a02d75ae809c37a610a57802cd1b41b3fe
https://github.com/hapijs/formula/security/advisories/GHSA-c2jc-4fpr-4vhg
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25166
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25166

History

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-02-08T19:28:29.314Z

Updated: 2025-03-10T21:14:39.268Z

Reserved: 2023-02-03T16:59:18.246Z

Link: CVE-2023-25166

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:18:35.265Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-08T20:15:25.017

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:49:14.250

Link: CVE-2023-25166

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-02-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-25166 - Bugzilla

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