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CVE-2015-8858

Published: Jan 23, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8858
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

The uglify-js package before 2.6.0 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted input in a parse call, aka a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS).

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Uglifyjs Uglifyjs_project * 2.5.0 (including)
Uglifyjs Ubuntu artful *
Uglifyjs Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Uglifyjs Ubuntu precise *
Uglifyjs Ubuntu trusty *
Uglifyjs Ubuntu upstream *
Uglifyjs Ubuntu wily *
Uglifyjs Ubuntu xenial *
Uglifyjs Ubuntu yakkety *
Uglifyjs Ubuntu zesty *

References

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