CVE-2015-8315

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-01-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-1333

Description

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)."

Affected products

vercel ms: before 0.7.1 — fixed in 0.7.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: vercel ms 0.7.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96389
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/46
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K46337613?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96389
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/46
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K46337613?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS

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