CVE-2015-8854
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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)."
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.33% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Affected
- marked project/marked · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO2RMVVZVV6NFTU46B5RYRK7ZCXYARZS/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6BJG6RGDH7ZWVVAUFBFI5L32RSMQN2S/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/23Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05052081?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSSThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO2RMVVZVV6NFTU46B5RYRK7ZCXYARZS/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6BJG6RGDH7ZWVVAUFBFI5L32RSMQN2S/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/23Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05052081?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSSThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.