High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 29, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-9242
CVE-2015-9242
Description
Certain input strings when passed to new Date() or Date.parse() in ecstatic node module before 1.4.0 will cause v8 to raise an exception. This leads to a crash and denial of service in ecstatic when this input is passed into the server via the If-Modified-Since header.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
ecstaticnpm | < 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 |
Affected products
2- Range: <1.4.0
Patches
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References
6- bugs.chromium.org/p/v8/issues/detailnvdIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-vwjc-q9px-r9vqghsaADVISORY
- github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic/pull/179nvdIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- nodesecurity.io/advisories/64nvdThird Party Advisory
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9242ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic/commit/0d0a2779ac5e5843d3745920212dfac9b69440e2ghsaWEB
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