CVE-2017-15897

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-15897
StatePUBLISHED
Assignernodejs
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-12-11 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionNode.js had a bug in versions 8.X and 9.X which caused buffers to not be initialized when the encoding for the fill value did not match the encoding specified. For example, 'Buffer.alloc(0x100, "This is not correctly encoded", "hex");' The buffer implementation was updated such that the buffer will be initialized to all zeros in these cases.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 3.1 LOW from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.006420000 probability, percentile 0.708550000 (date 2026-05-17)

Problem Types: CWE-665 | Un-initialized Data

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary3.1LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA The Node.js Project Node.js affected 8.0 and higher Not specified
CNA The Node.js Project Node.js affected 9.0 and higher Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Data Confidentiality/Integrity Vulnerability, December 2017 | Node.js af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nodejs.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500451 Alpine Linux Security Update for nodejs
  • 501099 Alpine Linux Security Update for nodejs-current
  • 504217 Alpine Linux Security Update for nodejs

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