CVE catalog
CVE-2015-8855
node-semver: CVE-2015-8855
- Severity
- Low
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 6.89% · Oct 25, 2026
The semver package before 4.3.2 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long version string, aka a "regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)."
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-semver | sid | 7.7.4+~cs9.7.4-2 | fixed |
| Debian | node-semver | forky | 7.7.4+~cs9.7.4-2 | fixed |
| Debian | node-semver | trixie | 7.6.1+~7.5.8-2 | fixed |
| Debian | node-semver | bookworm | 7.3.5+~7.3.9-2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | node-semver | pro | 2.1.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-semver | pro | 2.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | node-semver | pro | 2.1.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-semver | pro | 2.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-semver | source | sid | 5.3.0-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | node-semver | source | forky | 5.3.0-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | node-semver | source | trixie | 5.3.0-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | node-semver | source | bookworm | 5.3.0-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | node-semver | deb | pro | 2.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | USN-4776-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | node-semver | deb | pro | 2.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8855 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [node-semver]Fixed
Details (2)
7.3.5+~7.3.9-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
5.3.0-1dsa · node-semver · debian · bookworm; dsa · node-semver · debian · 12
7.3.5+~7.3.9-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
5.3.0-1dsa · node-semver · debian · bookworm; dsa · node-semver · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [node-semver]Fixed
Details (2)
7.6.1+~7.5.8-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
5.3.0-1dsa · node-semver · debian · 13
7.6.1+~7.5.8-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
5.3.0-1dsa · node-semver · debian · 13
Observed: