CVE-2018-7166

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Aug 21, 2018
Updated
Oct 8, 2026
Reserved
Feb 15, 2018

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Description

In all versions of Node.js 10 prior to 10.9.0, an argument processing flaw can cause `Buffer.alloc()` to return uninitialized memory. This method is intended to be safe and only return initialized, or cleared, memory. The third argument specifying `encoding` can be passed as a number, this is misinterpreted by `Buffer's` internal "fill" method as the `start` to a fill operation. This flaw may be abused where `Buffer.alloc()` arguments are derived from user input to return uncleared memory blocks that may contain sensitive information.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

  • CWE-226 Sensitive Information Uncleared Before Release

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Node.jsThe Node.js Project
  • All versions of Node.js 10 prior to 10.9.0Affected

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