High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 30, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-14919
CVE-2017-14919
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.
Affected products
23cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 22 more
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
5- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101881nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.8.5/nvdVendor Advisory
- nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.11.5/nvdVendor Advisory
- nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v8.8.0/nvdVendor Advisory
- nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oct-2017-dos/nvdVendor Advisory
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