VDB
GHSA-mvc4-gp8c-r52f
GHSA-mvc4-gp8c-r52f
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022
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.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- May 17, 2022 CVE Published
- Aug 6, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v8.8.0 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101881 url
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.8.5 url
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oct-2017-dos url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14919 advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-470355.html url
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.11.5 url