High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 23, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2015-8315

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 packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
msnpm	< 0.7.1	0.7.1

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

nodesecurity.io/advisories/46nvdBroken LinkExploitMitigationVendor AdvisoryWEB
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11nvdMailing ListThird Party AdvisoryWEB
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96389nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryWEB
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3fx5-fwvr-xrjgghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8315ghsaADVISORY
support.f5.com/csp/article/K46337613nvdThird Party AdvisoryWEB
support.f5.com/csp/article/K46337613ghsaWEB
web.archive.org/web/20200227190911/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96389ghsaWEB

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