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CVE-2017-14919

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...

7.5 HighFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

8.30%Up 6.4 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2017-14919
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2017-14919
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-6397 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2017-6397
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mvc4-gp8c-r52f 7.5

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...

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.

Record
GHSA-mvc4-gp8c-r52f
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2017-14919 7.5

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.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2017-14919
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2017-14919 7.5

CVE-2017-14919 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2017-14919
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSV 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2017-14919
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-14919 7.5

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14919
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0002-1 No score

Security update for nodejs4

This update for nodejs4 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2017-15896: Vulnerable to CVE-2017-3737 due to embedded OpenSSL (bsc#1072322).
  • CVE-2017-14919: Embedded zlib issue could cause a DoS via specific windowBits value.
  • CVE-2017-3738: Embedded OpenSSL is vulnerable to rsaz_1024_mul_avx2 overflow bug on x86_64.
  • CVE-2017-3736: Embedded OpenSSL is vulnerable to bn_sqrx8x_internal carry bug on x86_64 (bsc#1066242).
  • CVE-2017-3735: Embedded OpenSSL is vulnerable to malformed X.509 IPAdressFamily that could cause OOB read (bsc#1056058).

Bug fixes:

Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0002-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0293-1 No score

Security update for nodejs6

This update for nodejs6 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2017-15896: Vulnerable to CVE-2017-3737 due to embedded OpenSSL (bsc#1072322).
  • CVE-2017-14919: Embedded zlib issue could cause a DoS via specific windowBits value.
  • CVE-2017-3738: Embedded OpenSSL is vulnerable to rsaz_1024_mul_avx2 overflow bug on x86_64.
  • CVE-2017-3736: Embedded OpenSSL is vulnerable to bn_sqrx8x_internal carry bug on x86_64 (bsc#1066242).
  • CVE-2017-3735: Embedded OpenSSL is vulnerable to malformed X.509 IPAdressFamily that could cause OOB read (bsc#1056058).

Bug fixes:

Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0293-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:14246-1 No score

Security update for Mozilla Firefox

This update contains the Mozilla Firefox ESR 68.2 release.

Mozilla Firefox was updated to ESR 68.2 release:

  • Enterprise: New administrative policies were added. More information and templates are available at the Policy Templates page.

  • Various security fixes: MFSA 2019-33 (bsc#1154738)

    • CVE-2019-15903: Heap overflow in expat library in XML_GetCurrentLineNumber
    • CVE-2019-11757: Use-after-free when creating index updates in IndexedDB
    • CVE-2019-11758: Potentially exploitable crash due to 360 Total Security
    • CVE-2019-11759: Stack buffer overflow in HKDF output
    • CVE-2019-11760: Stack buffer overflow in WebRTC networking
    • CVE-2019-11761: Unintended access to a privileged JSONView object
    • CVE-2019-11762: document.domain-based origin isolation has same-origin- property violation
    • CVE-2019-11763: Incorrect HTML parsing results in XSS bypass technique
    • CVE-2019-11764: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 70 and Firefox ESR 68.2

Other Issues resolved:

  • [bsc#1104841] Newer versions of firefox have a dependency on GLIBCXX_3.4.20
  • [bsc#1074235] MozillaFirefox: background tab crash reports sent inadvertently without user opt-in
  • [bsc#1043008] Firefox hangs randomly when browsing and scrolling
  • [bsc#1025108] Firefox stops loading page until mouse is moved
  • [bsc#905528] Firefox malfunctions due to broken omni.ja archives
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
nodejs
Alpine:v3.10
before 6.11.5-r0
6.11.5-r0
nodejs
Alpine:v3.11
before 6.11.5-r0
6.11.5-r0
nodejs
Alpine:v3.12
before 6.11.5-r0
6.11.5-r0
nodejs
Alpine:v3.13
before 6.11.5-r0
6.11.5-r0
nodejs
Alpine:v3.14
before 6.11.5-r0
6.11.5-r0
nodejs
Alpine:v3.15
before 6.11.5-r0
6.11.5-r0
nodejs
Alpine:v3.16
before 6.11.5-r0
6.11.5-r0
nodejs
Alpine:v3.17
before 6.11.5-r0
6.11.5-r0
nodejs
Alpine:v3.18
before 6.11.5-r0
6.11.5-r0
nodejs
Alpine:v3.19
before 6.11.5-r0
6.11.5-r0
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
nodejs
Alpine:v3.20
before 6.11.5-r0
6.11.5-r0
nodejs
Alpine:v3.21
before 6.11.5-r0
6.11.5-r0
nodejs
Alpine:v3.22
before 6.11.5-r0
6.11.5-r0
nodejs
Alpine:v3.23
before 6.11.5-r0
6.11.5-r0
nodejs
Alpine:v3.24
before 6.11.5-r0
6.11.5-r0
nodejs
Alpine:v3.7
before 6.11.5-r0
6.11.5-r0
nodejs
Alpine:v3.8
before 6.11.5-r0
6.11.5-r0
nodejs
Alpine:v3.9
before 6.11.5-r0
6.11.5-r0
nodejs4
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 12
before 4.8.7-15.8.1
4.8.7-15.8.1
nodejs4
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 4
before 4.8.7-15.8.1
4.8.7-15.8.1
nodejs6
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7
before 6.12.2-11.8.1
6.12.2-11.8.1
nodejs6
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 12
before 6.12.2-11.8.1
6.12.2-11.8.1
nodejs6
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 4
before 6.12.2-11.8.1
6.12.2-11.8.1
MozillaFirefox
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
before 68.2.0-78.51.4
68.2.0-78.51.4
MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
before 68-21.9.8
68-21.9.8
firefox-atk
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
before 2.26.1-2.8.4
2.26.1-2.8.4
firefox-cairo
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
before 1.15.10-2.13.4
1.15.10-2.13.4
firefox-gdk-pixbuf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
before 2.36.11-2.8.4
2.36.11-2.8.4
firefox-glib2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
before 2.54.3-2.14.7
2.54.3-2.14.7
firefox-gtk3
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
before 3.10.9-2.15.3
3.10.9-2.15.3
firefox-harfbuzz
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
before 1.7.5-2.7.4
1.7.5-2.7.4
firefox-libffi
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
before 3.2.1.git259-2.3.3
3.2.1.git259-2.3.3
firefox-libffi-gcc5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
before 5.3.1+r233831-14.1
5.3.1+r233831-14.1
firefox-pango
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
before 1.40.14-2.7.4
1.40.14-2.7.4
mozilla-nspr
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
before 4.21-29.6.1
4.21-29.6.1
mozilla-nss
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
before 3.45-38.9.3
3.45-38.9.3

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-14919 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Nodejs Node.js, published October 30, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.30%, the 94th percentile. Fixed in nodejs 6.11.5-r0.

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