VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2015-8315
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability6.95%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-01-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
The ms package before 0.7.1 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)."
Weakness classification
- CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory