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High
CVE-2017-14919
Node.js before 4.8.5, 6.x before 6.11.5, and 8.x before 8.8.0...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
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node.js
Vulnerable Versions:
4.8.2, 4.8.3, 4.8.4, 6.10.2, 6.10.3, 6.11.0, 6.11.1, 6.11.2, 6.11.3, 6.11.4, 8.0.0, 8.1.0, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.2.0, 8.2.1, 8.3.0, 8.4.0, 8.5.0, 8.6.0, 8.7.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 30th, 2017
Last Modified:
July 14th, 2026
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.