Resource exhaustion in Ecstatic Project
CVE-2015-9242
Certain input strings when passed to new Date() or Date.parse() in ecstatic node module before 1.4.0 will cause v8 to raise an exception. This leads to a crash and denial of service in ecstatic when this input is passed into the server via the If-Modified-Since header.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.021 (79.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Ecstatic_project Ecstatic
- Hackerone Ecstatic Node Module — versions <1.4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- support@hackerone.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- support@hackerone.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- support@hackerone.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-9242?
- CVE-2015-9242 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ecstatic Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-05-29.
- How severe is CVE-2015-9242?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-9242 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.