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CVE-2015-8854
January 23, 2017
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)."
Affected Packages
marked (CDN_JS):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.1 <0.3.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.3.4
marked (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.1 <0.3.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.3.4
Related Resources (14)
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05052081?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/23
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hjcp-j389-59ff
https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Regular_expression_Denial_of_Service_-_ReDoS
https://github.com/chjj/marked/issues/497
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6BJG6RGDH7ZWVVAUFBFI5L32RSMQN2S
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05052081?utm_source=f5support&amp;utm_medium=RSS
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO2RMVVZVV6NFTU46B5RYRK7ZCXYARZS
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO2RMVVZVV6NFTU46B5RYRK7ZCXYARZS/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11
https://github.com/chjj/marked
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8854
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/23
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6BJG6RGDH7ZWVVAUFBFI5L32RSMQN2S/
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
7.8
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
CWE-1333
EPSS
Base Score:
0.89