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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-16114

The marked module is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service. Based on the information published in the public issue, 1k characters can block for around 6 seconds.

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CVE-2017-16114
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31 Oct 2026, 09:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-16114

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Jun 2018, 02:29 UTC

The marked module is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service. Based on the information published in the public issue, 1k characters can block for around 6 seconds.

osv:CVE-2017-16114
Complete source record
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  "id": "e5f13bb9bb65951b33e78036b272173775e9544e8ebdc5591c7381ead3dcbd40",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16114",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-16114",
    "summary": "The marked module is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service. Based on the information published in the public issue, 1k characters can block for around 6 seconds.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-16114",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-16114",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-16114",
        "GHSA-x5pg-88wf-qq4p"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/markedjs/marked",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "3a4f7a5dae661f0844cb7b07e8667b5666ffc83e"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:marked_project:marked:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "0.3.9"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v0.3.5",
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            "v0.3.1",
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            "v0.2.9",
            "v0.2.8",
            "v0.2.7",
            "v0.2.6",
            "v0.2.5",
            "v0.2.4",
            "v0.2.3",
            "v0.2.2",
            "v0.2.1",
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            "v0.1.9",
            "v0.1.8",
            "v0.1.7",
            "v0.1.6",
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            "v0.1.3",
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            "v0.0.3",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16114.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:15.834577284Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/531",
        "https://github.com/chjj/marked/issues/937"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-16114",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380205,
  "published_at": "2018-06-07T02:29:02.77+00:00"
}