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CVE-2015-10005

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-10005 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting markdown-it versions up to 2.x, specifically within the lib/common/html_re.js file, leading to inefficient regular expression complexity. This flaw can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially causing a denial of service (availability impact). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:markdown-it_project:markdown-it:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.5LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0095 is in the 32nd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: markdown-itFixed in: 3.0.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-j5p7-jf4q-742qhigh

markdown-it vulnerable to Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Dec 27, 2022

References

github.com / markdown-it/markdown-it/commit/89c8620157d6e38f9872811620d25138fc9d1b0d
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / markdown-it/markdown-it/releases/tag/3.0.0
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
vuldb.com
Third Party Advisory
vuldb.com
Third Party Advisory