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.
CVE-2014-5256
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 5.0 — v2 rates that MEDIUM (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 3.3% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 5.0MEDIUMNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 5.0MEDIUMlow confidence
- EG Risk
- 28EG Risk 28/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity50% × 45%Exploitation3% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 3.3%
- EPSS %ILE
- 88th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact unknown (not published for this CVE). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
September 5, 2014
Last Modified
May 6, 2026
References (12)
- cve@mitrehttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0516.html
- cve@mitrehttp://blog.nodejs.org/2014/07/31/v8-memory-corruption-stack-overflow/
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/61260
- cve@mitrehttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21684769
- cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:142
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/joyent/node/commit/530af9cb8e700e7596b3ec812bad123c9fa06356
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0516.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.nodejs.org/2014/07/31/v8-memory-corruption-stack-overflow/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/61260
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21684769
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:142
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/joyent/node/commit/530af9cb8e700e7596b3ec812bad123c9fa06356
Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
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| redhat | v8314-v8-1:3.14.5.10-6.el7 | 2014-10-30 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
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Weakness Classification(1)
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All Vendor Advisories
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