{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14919","details":"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 8 an invalid value for the windowBits parameter.","modified":"2025-07-16T08:20:42.734652Z","published":"2017-10-30T19:29:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:44:09Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-14919"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14919"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oct-2017-dos/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14919"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nodejs","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/nodejs@8.10.0~dfsg-2?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8.10.0~dfsg-2"}]}],"versions":["6.11.4~dfsg-1ubuntu1","6.11.4~dfsg-1ubuntu2","6.12.0~dfsg-1ubuntu1","6.12.0~dfsg-2ubuntu1","6.12.0~dfsg-2ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"nodejs","binary_version":"8.10.0~dfsg-2"},{"binary_name":"nodejs-dbgsym","binary_version":"8.10.0~dfsg-2"},{"binary_name":"nodejs-dev","binary_version":"8.10.0~dfsg-2"},{"binary_name":"nodejs-doc","binary_version":"8.10.0~dfsg-2"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14919.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}