CVE-2020-8252

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Sep 18, 2020
Updated: Apr 30, 2025
Reserved: Jan 28, 2020

Description

The implementation of realpath in libuv < 10.22.1, < 12.18.4, and < 14.9.0 used within Node.js incorrectly determined the buffer size which can result in a buffer overflow if the resolved path is longer than 256 bytes.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

CWE-120 Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120)

Affected Products

Product	Versions
NodeNodeJS	4.0 to before 4.Affected 5.0 to before 5.Affected 6.0 to before 6.Affected 7.0 to before 7.Affected 8.0 to before 8.Affected 9.0 to before 9.Affected 10.0 to before 10.22.1Affected 11.0 to before 11.Affected 12.0 to before 12.18.4Affected 13.0 to before 13.Affected 14.0 to before 14.9.0Affected

References

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2020-security-releases/
https://hackerone.com/reports/965914
GLSA-202009-15vendor-advisory
USN-4548-1vendor-advisory
openSUSE-SU-2020:1616vendor-advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0004/
openSUSE-SU-2020:1660vendor-advisory
FEDORA-2020-43d5a372fcvendor-advisory

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