CVE-2015-8854

High

Description

The marked package before 0.3.4 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors that trigger a "catastrophic backtracking issue for the em inline rule," aka a "regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)."

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Marked

PublishedJan 23, 2017

First seenJan 23, 2017

How to fix

Update

marked_project marked0.3.4 or later
marked0.3.4 or later

Vendor advisories

lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO2RMVVZVV6NFTU46B5RYRK7ZCXYARZS/
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6BJG6RGDH7ZWVVAUFBFI5L32RSMQN2S/

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
marked_project marked	v < 0.3.4	0.3.4
fedoraproject fedora	31, 32	—
markednpm	v < 0.3.4	0.3.4

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