CVE-2017-16115

Published: Jun 7, 2018Modified: Nov 21, 2024

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

The timespan module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service. Given 50k characters of untrusted user input it will block the event loop for around 10 seconds.

Affected (1)

Products: Timespan Project: Timespan

Timespan Project

1 product

Timespan

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Timespan Project Timespan	All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (4)

https://github.com/indexzero/TimeSpan.js/issues/10

Source: support@hackerone.com

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/533

Source: support@hackerone.com

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/indexzero/TimeSpan.js/issues/10

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/533

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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