nodejs: DoS via specific windowBits value
Published Oct 30, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 8.30%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 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
No data.
CloudForms Management Engine 5
nodejs010-nodejs
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3
nodejs
Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections
rh-nodejs4-nodejs
Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections
rh-nodejs6-nodejs
Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections
rh-nodejs8-nodejs
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| CloudForms Management Engine 5 | nodejs010-nodejs | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 | nodejs | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | rh-nodejs4-nodejs | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | rh-nodejs6-nodejs | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | rh-nodejs8-nodejs | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.30% (0.08303) | 94.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.14% (0.08144) | 94.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.04% (0.01045) | 75.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.41% (0.03410) | 78.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.04% (0.01045) | 75.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 5.33% (0.05329) | 92.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 2, 2023 | 7.13% (0.07128) | 92.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 23, 2023 | 8.54% (0.08539) | 93.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 9.90% (0.09902) | 93.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.94% (0.01943) | 48.45th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.94% (0.01943) | 47.92th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.94% (0.01943) | 76.51th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.94% (0.01943) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (10)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101881 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14919 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1516175 Issue Tracking
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-470355.html
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.8.5/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.11.5/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v8.8.0/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oct-2017-dos/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14919
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14919
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101881 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14919 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1516175 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-470355.html | ||
| https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.8.5/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.11.5/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v8.8.0/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oct-2017-dos/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14919 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14919 |
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