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ALPINE-CVE-2018-12115
ALPINE-CVE-2018-12115
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
In all versions of Node.js prior to 6.14.4, 8.11.4 and 10.9.0 when used with UCS-2 encoding (recognized by Node.js under the names `'ucs2'`, `'ucs-2'`, `'utf16le'` and `'utf-16le'`), `Buffer#write()` can be abused to write outside of the bounds of a single `Buffer`. Writes that start from the second-to-last position of a buffer cause a miscalculation of the maximum length of the input bytes to be written.
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.18 | nodejs | 8.9.4-r0, 4.4.3-r0, 4.4.5-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.12 | nodejs | 0, 4.4.3-r0, 4.4.4-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.9 | nodejs | 8.9.3-r1, 8.9.4-r0, 8.9.3-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | nodejs | 6.11.1-r2, 8.9.4-r0, 8.9.3-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.10 | nodejs | 6.9.5-r1, 6.9.4-r1, 6.9.4-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | nodejs | 0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | nodejs | 8.9.4-r0, 0, 4.4.5-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | nodejs | 0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.8 | nodejs | 8.10.0-r0, 8.11.0-r0, 8.11.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | nodejs | 8.9.4-r0, 0, 4.4.3-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | nodejs | 0, 6.11.1-r2, 6.11.2-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.11 | nodejs | 4.5.0-r0, 8.9.4-r0, 8.9.3-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | nodejs | 4.4.5-r0, 4.4.7-r0, 4.5.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | nodejs | 8.11.2-r0, 0, 4.4.3-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | nodejs | 6.9.5-r0, 6.9.4-r1, 6.9.1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | nodejs | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Aug 21, 2018 CVE Published
- Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch