CVE-2015-8854 json
Regular Expression Denial of Service in marked
published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-hjcp-j389-59ff , EUVD-2017-0252
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 4.4%
- EPSS 4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The marked package before 0.3.4 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors that trigger a "catastrophic backtracking issue for the em inline rule," aka a "regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)."
Patch / fix
- npm marked 0.3.4
- marked_project marked 0.3.4
- node-marked Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.3.6+dfsg-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8854
- nodesecurity.io/advisories/23 advisory
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red hat product security vex CVE-2015-8854 updated cvss 4.3
marked: regular expression denial of service
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot 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
Exploit prediction
4.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 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 | marked | <0.3.4 |
0.3.4 |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
References
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nodesecurity.io
/advisories/23
broken-link, patch, vendor-advisory
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO2RMVVZVV6NFTU46B5RYRK7ZCXYARZS/
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6BJG6RGDH7ZWVVAUFBFI5L32RSMQN2S/
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, 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/K05052081?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
third-party-advisory
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8854
advisory
-
github.com
/chjj/marked/issues/497
web
-
github.com
/advisories/GHSA-hjcp-j389-59ff
advisory
-
github.com
/chjj/marked
package
-
lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO2RMVVZVV6NFTU46B5RYRK7ZCXYARZS
web
-
lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6BJG6RGDH7ZWVVAUFBFI5L32RSMQN2S
web
-
support.f5.com
/csp/article/K05052081?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
web
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npmjs.com
/advisories/23
web
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owasp.org
/index.php/Regular_expression_Denial_of_Service_-_ReDoS
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2015-8854
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-hjcp-j389-59ff
- NVD CVE-2015-8854
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