CVE-2017-14919 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

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/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5