CVE-2018-7167

HIGH

Node.js 6.9.0-6.14.2 and 9.0.0-9.11.1 - Denial of Service via Buffer.fill() or Buffer.alloc()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Calling Buffer.fill() or Buffer.alloc() with some parameters can lead to a hang which could result in a Denial of Service. In order to address this vulnerability, the implementations of Buffer.alloc() and Buffer.fill() were updated so that they zero fill instead of hanging in these cases. All versions of Node.js 6.x (LTS "Boron"), 8.x (LTS "Carbon"), and 9.x are vulnerable. All versions of Node.js 10.x (Current) are NOT vulnerable.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106363
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0076
EPSS Percentile 73.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (2)
nodejs/node.js 6.9.0 - 6.14.3
nodejs/node.js 9.0.0 - 9.11.2
Published Jun 13, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026