CVE-2018-7166
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 21, 2018
- Updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Feb 15, 2018
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
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Node.jsThe Node.js Project |
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References
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