CVE-2015-9242 json
Denial of Service in ecstatic
published 2018-05-29 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-vwjc-q9px-r9vq , EUVD-2018-0201
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.0%
- EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Certain input strings when passed to new Date() or Date.parse() in ecstatic node module before 1.4.0 will cause v8 to raise an exception. This leads to a crash and denial of service in ecstatic when this input is passed into the server via the If-Modified-Since header.
Patch / fix
- npm ecstatic 1.4.0
- ecstatic_project ecstatic 1.4.0
- github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic@0d0a277 commit
- github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic#179 pull request
Exploit prediction
2.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | ecstatic | <1.4.0 |
1.4.0 |
Affected products
- HackerOne ecstatic node module
Classification
References
-
github.com
/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic/pull/179
web, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
-
github.com
/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic/commit/0d0a2779ac5e5843d3745920212dfac9b69440e2
web
-
bugs.chromium.org
/p/v8/issues/detail?id=4640
web, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
-
nodesecurity.io
/advisories/64
third-party-advisory
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9242
advisory
-
github.com
/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic
package
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2015-9242
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-vwjc-q9px-r9vq
- NVD CVE-2015-9242
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