CVE-2017-16115 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published High CVE-2017-16115

The timespan module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of...

Vulnerability Description

The timespan module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service. Given 50k characters of untrusted user input it will block the event loop for around 10 seconds.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2017-16115

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

timespan node module
Vulnerable Versions:
All versions

Timeline

Official Publish: June 7th, 2018
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)