CVE-2015-8857
Incorrect Handling of Non-Boolean Comparisons During Minification in uglify-js
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.27%
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.
How to fix CVE-2015-8857
To remediate CVE-2015-8857, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.7.4-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.4.24 or later
- —upgrade to 2.7.2 or later
Is CVE-2015-8857 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.7.4-1
- from 0, < 2.4.24
- from 0, < 2.7.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |