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CVE-2015-8854

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 23, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:35 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraMarked

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

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)."

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Fedora· Fedora Projectrpm
95%
3132
Marked· Marked Projectnpm
95%
v < 0.3.4
Affected range stops below 0.3.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (5)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO2RMVVZVV6NFTU46B5RYRK7ZCXYARZS/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6BJG6RGDH7ZWVVAUFBFI5L32RSMQN2S/
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/23
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05052081?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
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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