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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/indexzero/TimeSpan.js/issues/10	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/533	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:timespan_project:timespan:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-06-07 02:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:30

NVD link : CVE-2017-16115

Mitre link : CVE-2017-16115

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-16115

JSON object : View

Products Affected

timespan_project

timespan

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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