CVE-2017-20165

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.

• CWE-1333
• CWE-1333

• https://github.com/debug-js/debug/commit/c38a0166c266a679c8de012d4eaccec3f944e685Patch
• https://github.com/debug-js/debug/pull/504Patch
• https://github.com/debug-js/debug/releases/tag/3.1.0Release Notes
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217665Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://vuldb.com/?id.217665Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://github.com/debug-js/debug/commit/c38a0166c266a679c8de012d4eaccec3f944e685Patch
• https://github.com/debug-js/debug/pull/504Patch
• https://github.com/debug-js/debug/releases/tag/3.1.0Release Notes
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217665Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://vuldb.com/?id.217665Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Jan 9, 2023

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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