CVE-2018-13797
Publication date 10 July 2018
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Description
The macaddress module before 0.2.9 for Node.js is prone to an arbitrary command injection flaw, due to allowing unsanitized input to an exec (rather than execFile) call.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| node-macaddress | 25.10 questing |
Not affected
|
| 25.04 plucky |
Not affected
|
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
Other references
- https://github.com/scravy/node-macaddress/pull/20
- https://github.com/scravy/node-macaddress/commit/358fd594adb196a86b94ac9c691f69fe5dad2332
- https://github.com/scravy/node-macaddress/pull/20/
- https://github.com/scravy/node-macaddress/releases/tag/0.2.9
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17283394
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13797