CVE-2016-4055

MEDIUM

moment <2.11.2 - DoS

Title source: llm

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)."

References (9)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95849

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/10f0f3aefd51444d1198c65f44ffdf2d78ca3359423dbc1c168c9731%40%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/17ff53f7999e74fbe3cc0ceb4e1c3b00b180b7c5afec8e978837bc49%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/52bafac05ad174000ea465fe275fd3cc7bd5c25535a7631c0bc9bfb2%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E

[Broken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory] https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/55

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-02

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54df3aeb4239b64b50b356f0ca6f986e3c4ca5b84c515dce077c7854%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0405

EPSS Percentile 88.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-400

Status published

Affected Products (5)

momentjs/moment < 2.11.2

tenable/nessus < 8.2.3

oracle/primavera_unifier < 18.8.4

npm/moment < 2.11.2npm

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Jan 23, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026