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CVE-2017-14919 json

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…

published 2017-10-30 9 y ago modified 2026-07-14 3 mo ago also EUVD-2017-6397

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.3%
EPSS 8.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Siemens CADRA V2511
  • nodejs6 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12, OpenStack Cloud 7, Enterprise Storage 4 6.12.2-11.8.1
  • nodejs4 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12, Enterprise Storage 4 4.8.7-15.8.1
  • firefox-atk SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 2.26.1-2.8.4
  • mozilla-nss SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.45-38.9.3
  • firefox-gtk3 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.10.9-2.15.3
  • mozilla-nspr SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 4.21-29.6.1
  • firefox-cairo SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 1.15.10-2.13.4
  • firefox-glib2 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 2.54.3-2.14.7

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1SUSE-SU-2018:0293-1SUSE-SU-2018:0002-1

  • nodejs Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +15 more 6.11.5-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-14919

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-26-202-06 updated cvss 7.5

Siemens CADRA

  • Siemens CADRA < 2511
    affected: fixed in V2511

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-14919 updated cvss 7.5

nodejs: DoS via specific windowBits value

  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 nodejs010-nodejs Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 nodejs Red Hat Software Collections rh-nodejs8-npm, rh-nodejs4-nodejs, rh-nodejs6-nodejs, rh-nodejs8-nodejs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

8.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • Siemens CADRA

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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