Prosody before 0.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), related to an incompatibility with certain versions of the LuaSocket library, such as the lua-socket package from Debian stretch
Published May 9, 2018
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.73%
Description
Prosody before 0.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), related to an incompatibility with certain versions of the LuaSocket library, such as the lua-socket package from Debian stretch. The attacker needs to trigger a stream error. A crash can be observed in, for example, the c2s module.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 9.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.73% (0.01725) | 76.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.73% (0.01725) | 76.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 1.27% (0.01269) | 85.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 3, 2023 | 1.27% (0.01269) | 84.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.98% (0.00983) | 81.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.00% (0.01001) | 81.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.94% (0.01943) | 48.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.94% (0.01943) | 0.00th | v1 |
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- https://bugs.debian.org/875829 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingMailing List
- https://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/176b7f4e4ac9 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/adfffc5b4e2a x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://prosody.im/issues/issue/987 x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4198 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANTechnical Description
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugs.debian.org/875829 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingMailing List | |
| https://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/176b7f4e4ac9 | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| https://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/adfffc5b4e2a | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| https://prosody.im/issues/issue/987 | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4198 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANTechnical Description |
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