{"id":"CVE-2017-15871","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-15871","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:57:35.093Z","title":"The deserialize function in serialize-to-js through 1.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors involving an Immediately Invoked Function Expression \"function()\" substring, as demonstrated by a \"function(){console.log(\" call or a…","description":"The deserialize function in serialize-to-js through 1.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors involving an Immediately Invoked Function Expression \"function()\" substring, as demonstrated by a \"function(){console.log(\" call or a simple infinite loop. NOTE: the vendor agrees that denial of service can occur but notes that deserialize is explicitly listed as \"harmful\" within the README.md file","published":"2017-10-24T20:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:08:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-835"],"affected":["serialize-to-js project/serialize-to-js"],"epss":{"score":0.01148,"percentile":0.66673,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.15%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/commenthol/serialize-to-js/issues/3","tags":["Broken Link","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/cve-2017-15871-dos-through-iife/","tags":["Broken Link","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/commenthol/serialize-to-js/issues/3","tags":["Broken Link","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/cve-2017-15871-dos-through-iife/","tags":["Broken Link","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15871","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}