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
Published May 29, 2018
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.09%
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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- Version <1.4.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HackerOne | Ecstatic Node Module | n/a |
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- < 1.4.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
ecstatic
npm
Introduced 0 Fixed 1.4.0
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | ecstatic | 0 | 1.4.0 |
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
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:P
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 1, 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 1, 2026 | 2.09% (0.02093) | 80.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.09% (0.02093) | 79.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.36% (0.00360) | 56.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.20% (0.00202) | 59.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00200) | 56.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 23, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00140) | 48.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.12% (0.00122) | 45.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.17% (0.00174) | 52.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/v8/issues/detail?id=4640 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vwjc-q9px-r9vq Advisory
- https://github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic/commit/0d0a2779ac5e5843d3745920212dfac9b69440e2
- https://github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic/pull/179 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/64 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9242
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugs.chromium.org/p/v8/issues/detail?id=4640 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vwjc-q9px-r9vq | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic/commit/0d0a2779ac5e5843d3745920212dfac9b69440e2 | ||
| https://github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic/pull/179 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/64 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9242 |
Change history (0)
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