What is CVE-2017-15897?

CVE-2017-15897 is a low-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Node.js, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2017-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2017-15897?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Nodejs Node.js

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 is not correctly encoded", "hex");' The buffer implementation was updated such that the buffer will be initialized to all zeros in these cases.

Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)

EPSS: 0.023 (81.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.1 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Nodejs Node.js
The Node.js Project — versions 8.0 and higher, 9.0 and higher

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-665 — Improper Initialization

References

cve-request@iojs.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15897?: CVE-2017-15897 is a low-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Node.js, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2017-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2017-15897?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.