Is CVE-2016-4055 being actively exploited?

CVE-2016-4055 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-4055?

CVE-2016-4055 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2016-4055

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 9.9%EU EUVD

The duration function in the moment package before 2.11.2 for Node.js allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long string, aka a "regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)."

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.5 (v3.1)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-400
EPSS score: 9.9% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2017-0191)
Published: January 23, 2017
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2017-0191 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

momentjs / moment
oracle / primavera unifier
tenable / nessus

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Tenable SecurityCenter 4.4 (SC) and Components: 3D Tool 2.0.1 Log Correlation Engine 3.6 (LCE), Passive Vulnerability Scanner 3.6 (PVS), Nessus 5.0.1, and xTool 2.1 - Tenable Network Security, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-10443-2012 - archived

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95849(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/10f0f3aefd51444d1198c65f44ffdf2d78ca3359423dbc1c168c9731%40%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/17ff53f7999e74fbe3cc0ceb4e1c3b00b180b7c5afec8e978837bc49%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/52bafac05ad174000ea465fe275fd3cc7bd5c25535a7631c0bc9bfb2%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54df3aeb4239b64b50b356f0ca6f986e3c4ca5b84c515dce077c7854%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/55(Broken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-02(Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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