CVE-2014-5256 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via deep JSON objects triggering memory corruption and crashes in Node.js.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-5256?
CVE-2014-5256 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Sep 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Node.js 0.8 before 0.8.28 and 0.10 before 0.10.30 does not consider the possibility of recursive processing that triggers V8 garbage collection in conjunction with a V8 interrupt, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via deep JSON objects whose parsing lets this interrupt mask an overflow of the program stack.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5256?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nodejs Nodejs.
How do I fix CVE-2014-5256?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-5256 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5256 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5256, GHSA-7wxw-9v42-w9g6, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5256.