CVE-2017-15897
3.1
LOW
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.64%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-15897
To remediate CVE-2017-15897, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 8.9.3-r0 or later
Is CVE-2017-15897 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 8.9.3-r0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | LOW3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |