UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8857

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8857
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8857.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8857
Upstream
Published
2017-01-23T21:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:43:19Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The uglify-js package before 2.4.24 for Node.js does not properly account for non-boolean values when rewriting boolean expressions, which might allow attackers to bypass security mechanisms or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging improperly rewritten Javascript.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / uglifyjs

Package

Name
uglifyjs
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/uglifyjs@2.4.15-5?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.15-4
2.4.15-5