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CVE-2015-9242
Published:May 29, 2018
Updated:May 17, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
ecstatic (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.0 <1.4.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.4.0
Related Resources (6)
https://github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic/commit/0d0a2779ac5e5843d3745920212dfac9b69440e2
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9242
https://github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic
https://github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic/pull/179
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/64
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/v8/issues/detail?id=4640
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-400
Improper Input Validation
CWE-20
EPSS
Base Score:
0.50