CVE-2017-14919

high

Description

Node.js before 4.8.5, 6.x before 6.11.5, and 8.x before 8.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uncaught exception and crash) by leveraging a change in the zlib module 1.2.9 making 8 an invalid value for the windowBits parameter.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101881

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-470355.html

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oct-2017-dos/

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v8.8.0/

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.11.5/

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.8.5/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-10-30

Updated: 2026-07-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01045

Detections

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