CVE-2017-14919 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Node.js versions before 4.8.5, 6.11.5, and 8.8.0. An attacker can trigger an uncaught exception and crash the application by providing an invalid 'windowBits' parameter to the zlib module. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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