CVE-2018-21270

medium

Description

Versions less than 0.0.6 of the Node.js stringstream module are vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read because of allocation of uninitialized buffers when a number is passed in the input stream (when using Node.js 4.x).

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qpw2-xchm-655q

https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/664

https://hackerone.com/reports/321670

https://github.com/mhart/StringStream/issues/7

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-12-03

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H