CVE-2017-16115 json
Regular Expression Denial of Service in timespan
published 2018-06-07 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-f523-2f5j-gfcg , EUVD-2018-0395
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.5%
- EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction
1.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | timespan | <=2.3.0 |
no fix listed |
Affected products
- HackerOne timespan node module
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
-
github.com
/indexzero/TimeSpan.js/issues/10
web, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
-
nodesecurity.io
/advisories/533
third-party-advisory
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16115
advisory
-
github.com
/advisories/GHSA-f523-2f5j-gfcg
advisory
-
npmjs.com
/advisories/533
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-16115
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-f523-2f5j-gfcg
- NVD CVE-2017-16115
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