UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16114

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16114
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16114.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16114
Upstream
Published
2018-06-07T02:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:34Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / node-marked

Package

Name
node-marked
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-marked@0.3.2+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.3.2+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libjs-marked",
            "binary_version": "0.3.2+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "node-marked",
            "binary_version": "0.3.2+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16114.json"