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ALPINE-CVE-2018-7167

ALPINE-CVE-2018-7167 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.9nodejs8.9.4-r0, 8.9.3-r1, 8.9.3-r0
Alpine:v3.17nodejs6.11.1-r0, 4.4.3-r0, 4.4.4-r0
Alpine:v3.16nodejs0, 4.4.3-r0, 4.4.4-r0
Alpine:v3.23nodejs0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.13nodejs6.9.2-r0, 6.11.2-r0, 6.11.3-r0
Alpine:v3.12nodejs8.11.1-r0, 6.11.1-r2, 6.11.1-r1
Alpine:v3.18nodejs6.9.5-r1, 8.9.4-r0, 8.9.3-r1
Alpine:v3.10nodejs6.10.0-r0, 8.9.4-r0, 8.9.3-r1
Alpine:v3.20nodejs6.11.0-r0, 8.10.0-r0, 8.11.0-r0
Alpine:v3.8nodejs8.11.2-r0, 8.9.1-r0, 8.9.2-r0
Alpine:v3.14nodejs4.4.3-r0, 0, 4.4.3-r0
Alpine:v3.11nodejs6.11.3-r0, 6.11.1-r2, 6.11.1-r1
Alpine:v3.21nodejs0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.15nodejs8.9.4-r0, 0, 4.4.3-r0
Alpine:v3.19nodejs6.9.4-r1, 8.9.4-r0, 8.9.3-r1
Alpine:v3.22nodejs0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Jun 13, 2018 CVE Published
  • Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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