Resource exhaustion in Hackerone Timespan Node Module

CVE-2017-16115

The timespan module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service. Given 50k characters of untrusted user input it will block the event loop for around 10 seconds.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.015 (71.7th 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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16115?
CVE-2017-16115 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hackerone Timespan Node Module, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-16115?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-16115 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.