CVE-2016-4055

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Published 2017-01-23 · Modified 2023-11-08

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CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.5

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)."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

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

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.13.0+ds-1`
sid	Fixed	`2.13.0+ds-1`
forky	Fixed	`2.13.0+ds-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.13.0+ds-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.13.0+ds-1`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
npm	moment	`<2.11.2`	`2.11.2`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
momentjs	moment	`{"endExcluding":"2.11.2"}`	`2.11.2`
tenable	nessus	`{"endIncluding":"8.2.3"}`
oracle	primavera_unifier	`{"startIncluding":"16.0","endIncluding":"18.8.4"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-400

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.