Vulnerability in Marked_project Marked

CVE-2015-8854

The marked package before 0.3.4 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors that trigger a "catastrophic backtracking issue for the em inline rule," aka a "regular expression denial o…

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.011 (78.4th 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 (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, 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)
  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8854?
CVE-2015-8854 is a high-severity vulnerability in Marked_project Marked, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2015-8854?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-8854 known to be exploited?
6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.