6.5med
CVE-2016-4055
Regular Expression Denial of Service in moment
Also known as GHSA-87vv-r9j6-g5qv
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
6.5
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
9.9%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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)."
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
9.90% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | moment | <2.11.2 | 2.11.2 |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
- oracle.com /technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- nodesecurity.io /advisories/55 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/95849 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- tenable.com /security/tns-2019-02 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- lists.apache.org /thread.html/54df3aeb4239b64b50b356f0ca6f986e3c4ca5b84c515dce077c7854%40%3Cuser.flink.apac · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
- lists.apache.org /thread.html/10f0f3aefd51444d1198c65f44ffdf2d78ca3359423dbc1c168c9731%40%3Cdev.flink.apach · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
- lists.apache.org /thread.html/17ff53f7999e74fbe3cc0ceb4e1c3b00b180b7c5afec8e978837bc49%40%3Cuser.flink.apac · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
- lists.apache.org /thread.html/52bafac05ad174000ea465fe275fd3cc7bd5c25535a7631c0bc9bfb2%40%3Cuser.flink.apac · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
- nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4055 · advisory
- github.com /advisories/GHSA-87vv-r9j6-g5qv · advisory
- github.com /moment/moment · package
- lists.apache.org /thread.html/10f0f3aefd51444d1198c65f44ffdf2d78ca3359423dbc1c168c9731@%3Cdev.flink.apache. · web
- lists.apache.org /thread.html/17ff53f7999e74fbe3cc0ceb4e1c3b00b180b7c5afec8e978837bc49@%3Cuser.flink.apache · web
- lists.apache.org /thread.html/52bafac05ad174000ea465fe275fd3cc7bd5c25535a7631c0bc9bfb2@%3Cuser.flink.apache · web
- lists.apache.org /thread.html/54df3aeb4239b64b50b356f0ca6f986e3c4ca5b84c515dce077c7854@%3Cuser.flink.apache · web
- npmjs.com /advisories/55 · web
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-4055
- GitHub Advisory: GHSA-87vv-r9j6-g5qv
- NVD: CVE-2016-4055
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