The marked package before 0.3.4 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors that trigger a "catastrophic backtracking issue for the em inline rule," aka a "regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)."
Published Jan 23, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.33%
Description
The marked package before 0.3.4 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors that trigger a "catastrophic backtracking issue for the em inline rule," aka a "regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)."
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- < 0.3.4
Configuration 2
- 31
- 32
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
marked
npm
Introduced 0 Fixed 0.3.4
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | marked | 0 | 0.3.4 |
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 4.33% (0.04334) | 90.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.30% (0.04298) | 89.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.88% (0.00876) | 73.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.22% (0.02220) | 74.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.88% (0.00876) | 73.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.48% (0.00477) | 76.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.47% (0.00472) | 74.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.47% (0.00472) | 71.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hjcp-j389-59ff Advisory
- https://github.com/chjj/marked/issues/497
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO2RMVVZVV6NFTU46B5RYRK7ZCXYARZS/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6BJG6RGDH7ZWVVAUFBFI5L32RSMQN2S/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO2RMVVZVV6NFTU46B5RYRK7ZCXYARZS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6BJG6RGDH7ZWVVAUFBFI5L32RSMQN2S/
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/23 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8854
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05052081?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05052081?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/23
- https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Regular_expression_Denial_of_Service_-_ReDoS
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