CVE-2017-16114

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.73% (77th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The marked module is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service. Based on the information published in the public issue, 1k characters can block for around 6 seconds.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.06.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-400USprimaryCWE-1333USCWE-186USCWE-400USCWE-400US

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

HackerOne marked node module≤ All versionsenisa_euvdEU
Christopher Jeffrey Marked≤ 0.3.9fstec_bduRU
marked project marked< 0.3.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:marked_project:marked:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
npm marked< 0.3.9osvUSpkg:npm/marked

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-x5pg-88wf-qq4pRegular Expression Denial of Service in marked2018-07-24ghsa · osvUS
Affected versions of `marked` are vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service. The amplification in this vulnerability is significant, with 1,000 characters resulting in the event loop being blocked for around 6 seconds. ## Recommendation Update to version 0.3.9 or later.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-06-07modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://github.com/chjj/marked/issues/937 cnnvd
https://github.com/markedjs/marked/issues/937Patchcnnvd
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/531 cnnvd
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Node-js-marked-overload-via-Regular-Expression-36224 cnnvd
https://github.com/chjj/marked/issues/937 enisa_euvd
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/531 enisa_euvd
https://github.com/chjj/marked/issues/937ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisorynvd
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/531Third Party Advisorynvd

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