Vulnerability in Vercel Ms

CVE-2015-8315

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)."

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.068 (93.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Mitigation, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8315?
CVE-2015-8315 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vercel Ms, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2015-8315?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-8315 known to be exploited?
6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.