CVE-2015-8855

high

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)."

References

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/31

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86957

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-23

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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