node.js - Could NodeJS crash from out of heap memory be a sign of hacking?

Question

I have a NodeJS server running for nearly a year without problems. I saw this error in the logs:

FATAL ERROR: Ineffective mark-compacts near heap limit Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory

Writing Node.js report to file: report.20210126.075718.28392.0.001.json
Node.js report completed

The server restarted on its own. The stdout shows no server activity from requests in the previous 30 minutes. The SSH logs show some connection attempts in that time but I don't think they could have caused a heap failure on the NodeJS server.

Could this out of heap memory failure be a sign of hacking?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65898359/could-nodejs-crash-from-out-of-heap-memory-be-a-sign-of-hacking

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