GHSA-3p92-886g-qxpq
Remote Memory Exposure in floody
GHSA-3p92-886g-qxpq is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in floody, published June 4, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. Fixed in floody 0.1.1.
- Severity
- 5.1 MediumCVSS 3.1, GitHub Advisories
- Exploit chance
- UnscoredNo EPSS score yet
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
0.1.1floody
Description
Versions of floody before 0.1.1 are vulnerable to remote memory exposure.
.write(number)in the affectedfloody` versions passes a number to Buffer constructor, appending a chunk of uninitialized memory.
Proof of Concept:
var f = require('floody')(process.stdout);
f.write(USERSUPPLIEDINPUT);
'f.stop();
## Recommendation
Update to version 0.1.1 or later.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
floodynpm | before 0.1.1 | 0.1.1 |
What each source reports
GitHub Advisories Score used
Remote Memory Exposure in floody
Versions of floody before 0.1.1 are vulnerable to remote memory exposure.
.write(number)in the affectedfloody` versions passes a number to Buffer constructor, appending a chunk of uninitialized memory.
Proof of Concept:
var f = require('floody')(process.stdout);
f.write(USERSUPPLIEDINPUT);
'f.stop();
## Recommendation
Update to version 0.1.1 or later.
- Record
GHSA-3p92-886g-qxpq- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-201
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Remote Memory Exposure in floody
Versions of floody before 0.1.1 are vulnerable to remote memory exposure.
.write(number)in the affectedfloody` versions passes a number to Buffer constructor, appending a chunk of uninitialized memory.
Proof of Concept:
var f = require('floody')(process.stdout);
f.write(USERSUPPLIEDINPUT);
'f.stop();
## Recommendation
Update to version 0.1.1 or later.
- Record
GHSA-3p92-886g-qxpq- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-201
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | GitHub Advisories, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.