CVE-2017-5954 is a critical deserialization vulnerability in the Node.js serialize-to-js package version 0.5.0. It allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution by injecting untrusted data containing an Immediately Invoked Function Expression (IIFE) into the deserialize() function. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability poses a severe risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:serialize-to-js_project:serialize-to-js:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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