CVE-2017-16115 describes a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability within the timespan module, affecting the timespan_project. An attacker can exploit this by providing specially crafted, untrusted user input (e.g., 50,000 characters), causing the event loop to block for approximately 10 seconds. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high availability impact, with no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:timespan_project:timespan:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
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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