01 Record
CVE-2017-15897
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: nodejs
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
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
- 2.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 3.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. 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
- 2017-12-11 21:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 03:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-10-25
- Assigning CNA
- nodejs
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-665Improper InitializationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 43d5dbaa1b50cdcdcdd9af78405fd83f62cee5737f3e7484bfa32a6c783ff6fb
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms