CVE-2017-14919

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-14919
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-10-30T19:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-11-21T19:13:08
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oct-2017-dos/ Vendor Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v8.8.0/ Vendor Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.11.5/ Vendor Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.8.5/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101881 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14919
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14919
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:10:57 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 22:39:56 2017-10-30T19:29Z 2017-10-30T19:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 22:39:56 2017-11-21T19:13:08 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 22:39:56 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated