CVE-2017-14919

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    CVE-2017-14919

    Published: 30 Oct 2017Last Modified: 22 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-470355.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101881, https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.8.5/, https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.11.5/, https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v8.8.0/, https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oct-2017-dos/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- ea2ceac846abb279fd4d141bfe32fc4f7a6e30e0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.8.2
    4.8.3
    4.8.4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High