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CVE-2017-14919

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-10-30 · updated 2026-07-14
• Weakness: CWE-20

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

• Node.js: 4.8.2, 4.8.3, 4.8.4, 6.10.2, 6.10.3, 6.11.0 (+17)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101881
• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.8.5/
• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.11.5/
• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v8.8.0/
• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oct-2017-dos/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101881
• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.8.5/
• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.11.5/
• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v8.8.0/
• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oct-2017-dos/
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-470355.html

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