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CVE-2017-14919 (GCVE-0-2017-14919)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-30 19:00 – Updated: 2026-07-14 11:44
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Siemens CADRA Affected: 0 , < V2511 (custom)
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Date Public
2017-10-24 00:00
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