NVD - CVE-2017-14919

CVE-2017-14919 Detail

Current 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.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 10/30/2017
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 3.9

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101881	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.8.5/	Vendor Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.11.5/	Vendor Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v8.8.0/	Vendor Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oct-2017-dos/	Vendor Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Input Validation (CWE-20)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

2 change records found - show changes

Initial Analysis - 11/21/2017 2:13:08 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		Record truncated, showing 500 of 1182 characters. View Entire Change Record OR 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
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Added	CWE		CWE-20
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101881 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101881 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.8.5/ No Types Assigned	https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.8.5/ Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.11.5/ No Types Assigned	https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.11.5/ Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v8.8.0/ No Types Assigned	https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v8.8.0/ Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oct-2017-dos/ No Types Assigned	https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oct-2017-dos/ Vendor Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-14919
NVD Published Date:
10/30/2017
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2017

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