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.
Published: 2017-10-30
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-6397 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:42:22.230Z

Reserved: 2017-09-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-14919

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-30T19:29:00.420

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-14919

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-10-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-14919 - Bugzilla

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