01 Record
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 denial of service (uncaught exception and crash) by leveraging a change in the zlib module 1.2.9 making
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 8.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-14.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-10-30 19:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-07-14 11:44Z3 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-09-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 0d20c6c0e8178d247219efc95ecd60eaa1bbfdee47595e07335cbc6bbad88edd
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com101881http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101881
- nodejs.orghttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oct-2017-dos/
- nodejs.orghttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v8.8.0/
- nodejs.orghttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.11.5/
- nodejs.orghttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.8.5/
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-470355.html