CVE-2017-15897
Node.js had a bug in versions 8.X and 9.X which caused buffers to not be initialized when the...
CVE-2017-15897 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.1) in Node.js, published December 11, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.32%, the 83rd percentile. Fixed in nodejs 8.9.3-r0.
Node.js had a bug in versions 8.X and 9.X which caused buffers to not be initialized when the encoding for the fill value did not match the encoding specified. For example, 'Buffer.alloc(0x100, "This is not correctly encoded", "hex");' The buffer implementation was updated such that the buffer will be initialized to all zeros in these cases.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
3.1
Node.js had a bug in versions 8.X and 9.X which caused buffers to not be initialized when the encoding for the fill value did not match the encoding specified. For example, 'Buffer.alloc(0x100, "This is not correctly encoded", "hex");' The buffer implementation was updated such that the buffer will be initialized to all zeros in these cases.
- Record
CVE-2017-15897- CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-665
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Node.js had a bug in versions 8.X and 9.X which caused buffers to not be initialized when the encoding for the fill value did not match the encoding specified. For example, 'Buffer.alloc(0x100, "This is not correctly encoded", "hex");' The buffer implementation was updated such that the buffer will be initialized to all zeros in these cases.
- Record
CVE-2017-15897- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-7316 No score
Node.js had a bug in versions 8.X and 9.X which caused buffers to not be initialized when the encoding for the fill value did not match the encoding specified. For example, 'Buffer.alloc(0x100, "This is not correctly encoded", "hex");' The buffer implementation was updated such that the buffer will be initialized to all zeros in these cases.
- Record
EUVD-2017-7316- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f2j2-5fh3-4jrr
3.1
Node.js had a bug in versions 8.X and 9.X which caused buffers to not be initialized when the...
Node.js had a bug in versions 8.X and 9.X which caused buffers to not be initialized when the encoding for the fill value did not match the encoding specified. For example, 'Buffer.alloc(0x100, "This is not correctly encoded", "hex");' The buffer implementation was updated such that the buffer will be initialized to all zeros in these cases.
- Record
GHSA-f2j2-5fh3-4jrr- CVSS 3.0
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-665
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2017-15897
3.1
Node.js had a bug in versions 8.X and 9.X which caused buffers to not be initialized when the encoding for the fill value did not match the encoding specified. For example, 'Buffer.alloc(0x100, "This is not correctly encoded", "hex");' The buffer implementation was updated such that the buffer will be initialized to all zeros in these cases.
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897- CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2017-15897
3.1
CVE-2017-15897 does not affect BellSoft software
- Record
BELL-CVE-2017-15897- CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
3.1
Node.js had a bug in versions 8.X and 9.X which caused buffers to not be initialized when the encoding for the fill value did not match the encoding specified. For example, 'Buffer.alloc(0x100, "This is not correctly encoded", "hex");' The buffer implementation was updated such that the buffer will be initialized to all zeros in these cases.
- Record
CVE-2017-15897- CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-15897
3.1
Node.js had a bug in versions 8.X and 9.X which caused buffers to not be initialized when the encoding for the fill value did not match the encoding specified. For example, 'Buffer.alloc(0x100, "This is not correctly encoded", "hex");' The buffer implementation was updated such that the buffer will be initialized to all zeros in these cases.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15897- CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - 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:
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Enterprise: New administrative policies were added. More information and templates are available at the Policy Templates page.
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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
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
nodejsAlpine:v3.10 |
before 8.9.3-r0 | 8.9.3-r0 |
nodejsAlpine:v3.11 |
before 8.9.3-r0 | 8.9.3-r0 |
nodejsAlpine:v3.12 |
before 8.9.3-r0 | 8.9.3-r0 |
nodejsAlpine:v3.13 |
before 8.9.3-r0 | 8.9.3-r0 |
nodejsAlpine:v3.14 |
before 8.9.3-r0 | 8.9.3-r0 |
nodejsAlpine:v3.15 |
before 8.9.3-r0 | 8.9.3-r0 |
nodejsAlpine:v3.16 |
before 8.9.3-r0 | 8.9.3-r0 |
nodejsAlpine:v3.17 |
before 8.9.3-r0 | 8.9.3-r0 |
nodejsAlpine:v3.18 |
before 8.9.3-r0 | 8.9.3-r0 |
nodejsAlpine:v3.19 |
before 8.9.3-r0 | 8.9.3-r0 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
nodejsAlpine:v3.20 |
before 8.9.3-r0 | 8.9.3-r0 |
nodejsAlpine:v3.21 |
before 8.9.3-r0 | 8.9.3-r0 |
nodejsAlpine:v3.22 |
before 8.9.3-r0 | 8.9.3-r0 |
nodejsAlpine:v3.23 |
before 8.9.3-r0 | 8.9.3-r0 |
nodejsAlpine:v3.24 |
before 8.9.3-r0 | 8.9.3-r0 |
nodejsAlpine:v3.7 |
before 8.9.3-r0 | 8.9.3-r0 |
nodejsAlpine:v3.8 |
before 8.9.3-r0 | 8.9.3-r0 |
nodejsAlpine:v3.9 |
before 8.9.3-r0 | 8.9.3-r0 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS |
before 68.2.0-78.51.4 | 68.2.0-78.51.4 |
MozillaFirefox-branding-SLEDSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS |
before 68-21.9.8 | 68-21.9.8 |
firefox-atkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS |
before 2.26.1-2.8.4 | 2.26.1-2.8.4 |
firefox-cairoSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS |
before 1.15.10-2.13.4 | 1.15.10-2.13.4 |
firefox-gdk-pixbufSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS |
before 2.36.11-2.8.4 | 2.36.11-2.8.4 |
firefox-glib2SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS |
before 2.54.3-2.14.7 | 2.54.3-2.14.7 |
firefox-gtk3SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS |
before 3.10.9-2.15.3 | 3.10.9-2.15.3 |
firefox-harfbuzzSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS |
before 1.7.5-2.7.4 | 1.7.5-2.7.4 |
firefox-libffiSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS |
before 3.2.1.git259-2.3.3 | 3.2.1.git259-2.3.3 |
firefox-libffi-gcc5SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS |
before 5.3.1+r233831-14.1 | 5.3.1+r233831-14.1 |
firefox-pangoSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS |
before 1.40.14-2.7.4 | 1.40.14-2.7.4 |
mozilla-nsprSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS |
before 4.21-29.6.1 | 4.21-29.6.1 |
mozilla-nssSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS |
before 3.45-38.9.3 | 3.45-38.9.3 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | affected | |
| 2026-11-03 | aliases, products | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/december-2017-security-releases
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15897
github.com/advisories/GHSA-f2j2-5fh3-4jrr
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-15897
docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2017-15897
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-201914246-1
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