cve/2018/CVE-2018-3738.md

### [CVE-2018-3738](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3738)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=protobufjs%20node%20module&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=Allocation%20of%20Resources%20Without%20Limits%20or%20Throttling%20(CWE-770)&color=brighgreen)

### Description

protobufjs is vulnerable to ReDoS when parsing crafted invalid .proto files.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://hackerone.com/reports/319576
- https://hackerone.com/reports/319576

#### Github
- https://github.com/ossf-cve-benchmark/CVE-2018-3738