CVE-2015-8855

N/A
Published: January 23, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNode.js

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%

Description

The semver package before 4.3.2 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)."

Affected

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

v ≤ 4.3.1

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86957
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/31

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399

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