CVE-2017-14919

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation9 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
0.8%
top 26.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Nodejs Node.js
Timeline
PublishedOct 30
Latest updateMay 17

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:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Alpinenodejs< 6.11.5-r0+16
▶NVDnodejs/node.js23 versions+22

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-mvc4-gp8c-r52f: Node↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2017-14919: Node↗2017-10-30
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CVEList
CVE-2017-14919: Node↗2017-10-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
nodejs: DoS via specific windowBits value↗2017-10-24
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Debian
CVE-2017-14919: nodejs - Node.js before 4.8.5, 6.x before 6.11.5, and 8.x before 8.8.0 allows remote atta...↗2017
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14919 nodejs: DoS via specific windowBits value↗2017-11-22
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14919 nodejs: DoS via specific windowBits value [epel-all]↗2017-11-22
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14929 poppler: Memory corruption via Gfx.cc infinite loop↗2017-10-06
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CVE-2017-14919 (HIGH CVSS 7.5) | Node.js before 4.8.5 | cvebase.io