CVE-2015-8315 json
Regular Expression Denial of Service in ms
published 2017-01-23 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-3fx5-fwvr-xrjg , EUVD-2017-0156
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 7.0%
- EPSS 7.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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)."
Patch / fix
- npm ms 0.7.1
- vercel ms 0.7.1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2015-8315 updated cvss 4.3
nodejs-ms: regular expression denial of service
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Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 nodejs-ms Red Hat Software Collections rh-nodejs4-nodejs-msnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
6.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- nodesecurity.io https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/46 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | ms | <0.7.1 |
0.7.1 |
Affected products
- vercel ms
Classification
References
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nodesecurity.io
/advisories/46
web, broken-link, exploit, mitigation, vendor-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/bid/96389
vdb-entry, web, broken-link, third-party-advisory
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11
mailing-list, web, third-party-advisory
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support.f5.com
/csp/article/K46337613?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
web, third-party-advisory
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8315
advisory
-
github.com
/unshiftio/millisecond
web
-
support.f5.com
/csp/article/K46337613?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
web
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web.archive.org
/web/20200227190911/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96389
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2015-8315
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-3fx5-fwvr-xrjg
- NVD CVE-2015-8315
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