CVE-2016-4055
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 23, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:46 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsPrimavera UnifierNessusMoment
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 10%
Description
The duration function in the moment package before 2.11.2 for Node.js allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long 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.
95%
v < 2.11.2
Affected range stops below 2.11.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
95%
16.0 ≤ v ≤ 18.8.4
v ≤ 8.2.3
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95849Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/10f0f3aefd51444d1198c65f44ffdf2d78ca3359423dbc1c168c9731%40%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/17ff53f7999e74fbe3cc0ceb4e1c3b00b180b7c5afec8e978837bc49%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/52bafac05ad174000ea465fe275fd3cc7bd5c25535a7631c0bc9bfb2%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54df3aeb4239b64b50b356f0ca6f986e3c4ca5b84c515dce077c7854%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3Ex_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/55CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400
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