CVE-2016-4055

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-4055
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-23 21:59:01 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionThe 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)."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-400 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Momentjs Moment All All All All
Application Oracle Primavera Unifier All All All All
Application Tenable Nessus All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
oss-security - various vulnerabilities in Node.js packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Node Security Platform | Advisory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nodesecurity.io Broken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
[R1] Nessus 8.3.0 Fixes Multiple Third-party Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory | Tenable® af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.tenable.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Moment.js CVE-2016-4055 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CPU July 2018 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! MITRE lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MITRE lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MITRE lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MITRE lists.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 730435 Update TITLE manually (JRASERVER-73244)
  • 730444 Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) Vulnerability (JRASERVER-73244)
  • 981210 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for moment (GHSA-87vv-r9j6-g5qv)
  • 983493 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for moment (GHSA-hxf5-mg84-pj4m)
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