CVE-2012-2330

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-08-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The Update method in src/node_http_parser.cc in Node.js before 0.6.17 and 0.7 before 0.7.8 does not properly check the length of a string, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (request header contents) and possibly spoof HTTP headers via a zero length string.

Affected products

nodejs: through 0.6.16; 0.7.0, 0.7.1, 0.7.2, 0.7.3, 0.7.4, 0.7.5 (+2)

References

http://blog.nodejs.org/2012/05/04/version-0-6-17-stable/
http://secunia.com/advisories/49066
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/8
https://github.com/joyent/node/commit/7b3fb22
https://github.com/joyent/node/commit/c9a231d
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K99038439?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
http://blog.nodejs.org/2012/05/04/version-0-6-17-stable/
http://secunia.com/advisories/49066
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/8
https://github.com/joyent/node/commit/7b3fb22

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