CVE-2015-8854 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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)."

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Fedoraproject	Fedora
Marked Project	Marked

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:marked_project:marked:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:::::::*

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References

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

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-23T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.111Z

Reserved: 2016-04-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-8854

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-01-23T21:59:00.470

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2015-8854

Redhat

No data.

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