CVE-2015-8854
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
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)."
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Fedora Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | Affected | — |
| 31 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.3.6+dfsg-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.3.6+dfsg-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.3.6+dfsg-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.3.6+dfsg-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.3.6+dfsg-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | marked | <0.3.4 | 0.3.4 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| marked_project | marked | {"endExcluding":"0.3.4"} | 0.3.4 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO2RMVVZVV6NFTU46B5RYRK7ZCXYARZS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6BJG6RGDH7ZWVVAUFBFI5L32RSMQN2S/
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/23
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05052081?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8854
- https://github.com/chjj/marked/issues/497
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hjcp-j389-59ff
- https://github.com/chjj/marked
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO2RMVVZVV6NFTU46B5RYRK7ZCXYARZS
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6BJG6RGDH7ZWVVAUFBFI5L32RSMQN2S
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05052081?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/23
- https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Regular_expression_Denial_of_Service_-_ReDoS
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8854
CWEs
CWE-1333
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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