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    CVE-2017-15897

    Node.js had a bug in versions 8.X and 9.X which caused buffers to not be initialized when the encoding for the fill value did not match the encoding specified. For example, 'Buffer.alloc(0x100, "This is not correctly encoded", "hex");' The buffer implementation was updated such that the buffer will be initialized to all zeros in these cases.

    Published:Dec 7, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Dec 11, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00619
    CVSS Score:3.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Nodejs
    Product
    Node.js

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-665 Improper Initialization

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