CVE-2017-15871 (GCVE-0-2017-15871)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-24 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:04 Disputed
VLAI
Summary
The deserialize function in serialize-to-js through 1.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors involving an Immediately Invoked Function Expression "function()" substring, as demonstrated by a "function(){console.log(" call or a simple infinite loop. NOTE: the vendor agrees that denial of service can occur but notes that deserialize is explicitly listed as "harmful" within the README.md file
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-10-24 00:00
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