CVE-2015-8855

HIGH

Nodejs Node.js < 4.3.1 - Resource Management Error

Title source: rule

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)."

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0109
EPSS Percentile 77.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-399
Status draft

Affected Products (2)

nodejs/node.js < 4.3.1
npm/semver < 4.3.2npm

Timeline

Published Jan 23, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026