CVE-2014-5256 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Node.js versions 0.8.x before 0.8.28 and 0.10.x before 0.10.30. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger memory corruption and application crashes by submitting deeply nested JSON objects that exploit a weakness in V8 garbage collection and interrupt handling, leading to a program stack overflow. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:nodejs:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:nodejs:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:nodejs:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:nodejs:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:nodejs:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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