Vulnerability in Jkroso Parse-Duration
CVE-2025-25283
parse-duraton is software that allows users to convert a human readable duration to milliseconds. Versions prior to 2.1.3 are vulnerable to an event loop delay due to the CPU-bound operation of resolving the provided string, from a 0.5ms and up to ~50ms per one operation, with a varying size from 0.01 MB and up to 4.3 MB respectively, and an out of memory that would crash a running Node.js application due to a string size of roughly 10 MB that utilizes unicode characters. Version 2.1.3 contains a patch.
Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.007 (51.1th 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
- Jkroso Parse-duration — versions < 2.1.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-25283?
- CVE-2025-25283 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jkroso Parse-Duration, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-02-12.
- How severe is CVE-2025-25283?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.