High severity · published Oct 30, 2017
CVE-2017-14919
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…
7.5
CVSS
8.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.3% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NO
Node.js · Nodejs
4.8.2; 4.8.3; 4.8.4; 6.10.2; 6.10.3; 6.11.0; +17 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14919
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14919
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101881
Vendor Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.8.5/
Vendor Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.11.5/
Vendor Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v8.8.0/
Vendor Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oct-2017-dos/
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-470355.html
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