Medium severity · published Jan 23, 2017
CVE-2016-4055
The duration function in the moment package before 2.11.2 for Node.js allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long string, aka a "regular…
6.5
CVSS
9.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The duration function in the moment package before 2.11.2 for Node.js allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long string, aka a "regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)."
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)9.9% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moment · Momentjs
before 2.11.2 · source: NVD
NE
Nessus · Tenable
through 8.2.3 · source: NVD
PU
Primavera Unifier · Oracle
16.0 through 18.8.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4055
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4055
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11
Patch
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95849
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/10f0f3aefd51444d1198c65f44ffdf2d78ca3359423dbc1c168c9731%40%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/17ff53f7999e74fbe3cc0ceb4e1c3b00b180b7c5afec8e978837bc49%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/52bafac05ad174000ea465fe275fd3cc7bd5c25535a7631c0bc9bfb2%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
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