{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8857","details":"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.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:45:31Z","published":"2017-01-23T21:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-8857"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8857"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/39"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8857"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"uglifyjs","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/uglifyjs@2.4.15-5?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.4.15-4","2.4.15-5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.4.15-5","binary_name":"node-uglify"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8857.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}