CVE-2016-4055: momentjs moment Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-4055 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in momentjs moment. EPSS estimates a 9.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 23-01-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The duration function in the moment package before 2.11.2 for Node.js allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long string, aka a "regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)."
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · NpmEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
9.90%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
96%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 9.90% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (nodesecurity.io)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- node-moment< 2.13.0+ds-1
Momentjs1 product
- moment< 2.11.2
Npm1 product
- moment< 2.11.2
Oracle1 product
- primavera_unifier≥ 16.0, ≤ 18.8.4
Tenable1 product
- nessus≤ 8.2.3
Ubuntu1 product
- node-moment< 2.11.0+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
6 vendors · 6 products
References
21 links- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party AdvisoryWEB
Show all 21 references
- github.com/moment/momentPACKAGE