UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14919

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14919
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14919.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14919
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:44:09Z
Published
2017-10-30T19:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:13:00.473387Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / nodejs

Package

Name
nodejs
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nodejs@8.10.0~dfsg-2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.10.0~dfsg-2

Affected versions

6.*

6.11.4~dfsg-1ubuntu1
6.11.4~dfsg-1ubuntu2
6.12.0~dfsg-1ubuntu1
6.12.0~dfsg-2ubuntu1
6.12.0~dfsg-2ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nodejs",
            "binary_version": "8.10.0~dfsg-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nodejs-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "8.10.0~dfsg-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nodejs-dev",
            "binary_version": "8.10.0~dfsg-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nodejs-doc",
            "binary_version": "8.10.0~dfsg-2"
        }
    ]
}