Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-8315 · published 23 January 2017
CVE-2015-8315: Vercel ms inefficient regular expression (redos) vulnerability
Vercel · Ms
The ms package before 0.7.1 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long version string, aka a "regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)."
Description
The ms package before 0.7.1 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long version string, aka a "regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)."
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11 | Mailing ListThird Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96389 | Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
| https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/46 | Broken LinkExploitMitigationVendor Advisory |
| https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K46337613?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11 | Mailing ListThird Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96389 | Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
| https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/46 | Broken LinkExploitMitigationVendor Advisory |
| https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K46337613?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS | Third Party Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-8315), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.
