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)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.068 (93.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.068 · newest: 0.068 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96389 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- nodesecurity.io/advisories/46 (Exploit, Mitigation, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K46337613 (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.