CVE-2015-8854 describes a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability in the 'marked' package for Node.js, affecting versions prior to 0.3.4, including those found in Fedora. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending crafted input that triggers excessive CPU consumption, leading to a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction required, and its primary impact is system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:marked_project:marked:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | ||
31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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