VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-16114
The marked module is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.76%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.76%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The marked module is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service. Based on the information published in the public issue, 1k characters can block for around 6 seconds.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.76% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- marked project/marked
- Source
- support@hackerone.com
References
- https://github.com/chjj/marked/issues/937Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/531Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/chjj/marked/issues/937Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/531Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.