CVE-2015-8858

high

Description

The uglify-js package before 2.6.0 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted input in a parse call, aka a "regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)."

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c9f4-xj24-8jqx

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/48

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-0215

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96409

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-23

Updated: 2026-05-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H