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CVE-2017-15871

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-10-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-835

Description

The deserialize function in serialize-to-js through 1.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors involving an Immediately Invoked Function Expression "function()" substring, as demonstrated by a "function(){console.log(" call or a simple infinite loop. NOTE: the vendor agrees that denial of service can occur but notes that deserialize is explicitly listed as "harmful" within the README.md file

Affected products

• commenthol serialize-to-js: through 1.1.1

References

• https://github.com/commenthol/serialize-to-js/issues/3
• https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/cve-2017-15871-dos-through-iife/
• https://github.com/commenthol/serialize-to-js/issues/3
• https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/cve-2017-15871-dos-through-iife/

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