Is CVE-2015-8857 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2015-8857 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2015-8857?

CVE-2015-8857 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2015-8857?

CVE-2015-8857 has an EPSS score of 3.56% (88th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8857?

Upgrade uglifyjs on debian 11 to 2.7.4-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-8857

CRITICALEPSS 88th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The uglify-js package before 2.4.24 for Node.js does not properly account for non-boolean values when rewriting boolean expressions, which might allow attackers to bypass security mechanisms or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging improperly rewritten Javascript.

CWE-254

How to fix

Remediation Available

uglifyjsDebian

Fixed in:2.7.4-1CVE-2015-8857

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.56%probability of exploitation in 30 days

88thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 88% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

nodesecurity.io

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-254 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2016-0161	Medium	6.5	69%	-	-
CVE-2016-2296	Critical	9.4	64%	-	-
CVE-2015-1793	Medium	6.5	62%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-2118	High	7.5	37%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-3238	High	8.1	35%	-	-
CVE-2016-3198	Medium	6.5	32%	-	-

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