CVE-2015-8858 describes a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability in the uglify-js package for Node.js, affecting versions prior to 2.6.0. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by providing crafted input to a parse call, leading to high CPU consumption and a denial of service. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:uglifyjs_project:uglifyjs:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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