CVE-2017-15897 | BDVDB-2026-93918 Detail

The Node.js ProjectNode.js

Description#

Node.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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/december-2017-security-releases/

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12017-12-11Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-17Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.