CVE-2015-9242

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Published May 29, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

HackerOne

ecstatic node module

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<1.4.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ecstatic_project:ecstatic:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-0201	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.
Github GHSA	GHSA-vwjc-q9px-r9vq	Denial of Service in ecstatic

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.0% (2.022% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/v8/issues/detail?id=4640
https://github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic/pull/179
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/64

History

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Subscriptions

Ecstatic Project Ecstatic

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 3:12 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: hackerone
Published: May 29, 2018, 8:00 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 3:12 AM
Reserved: Oct 29, 2017, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:36 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 29, 2018, 8:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:36 AM

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