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CVE-2018-7167
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-06-13T16:29:01.860 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:02:43.810

Summary

Calling Buffer.fill() or Buffer.alloc() with some parameters can lead to a hang which could result in a Denial of Service. In order to address this vulnerability, the implementations of Buffer.alloc() and Buffer.fill() were updated so that they zero fill instead of hanging in these cases. All versions of Node.js 6.x (LTS "Boron"), 8.x (LTS "Carbon"), and 9.x are vulnerable. All versions of Node.js 10.x (Current) are NOT vulnerable.

Affected products

nodejs — node.js

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References

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