CVE-2018-21270

Summary

CVECVE-2018-21270
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-03 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-02-16 14:35:00 UTC
DescriptionVersions less than 0.0.6 of the Node.js stringstream module are vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read because of allocation of uninitialized buffers when a number is passed in the input stream (when using Node.js 4.x).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Uninitialized Memory Exposure · Issue #7 · mhart/StringStream · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Overview MISC www.npmjs.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
HackerOne MISC hackerone.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 982904 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for stringstream (GHSA-mf6x-7mm4-x2g7)

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