CVE-2015-8854

Description

The marked package before 0.3.4 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors that trigger a "catastrophic backtracking issue for the em inline rule," aka a "regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)."

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.88% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory nodesecurity.io
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/23 patch vendor advisory broken link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11 third party advisory mailing list
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05052081?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS third party advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO2RMVVZVV6NFTU46B5RYRK7ZCXYARZS/ mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6BJG6RGDH7ZWVVAUFBFI5L32RSMQN2S/ mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-8854?
CVE-2015-8854 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-8854?
To fix CVE-2015-8854, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-8854 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2015-8854 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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