CVE-2015-8315
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 23, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:34 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMs
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
The ms package before 0.7.1 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long version string, aka a "regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)."
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96389x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkExploitMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/46x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K46337613?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSSSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-1333
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