CVE-2018-12115

Node.js 4 and 2 others: Out-of-bounds Write

CVE-2018-12115 is fixed in 2 products on 2 platforms, first by Node.js 6 6.17.0, released February 28, 2019. 2 other affected products have no fix yet. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

HighFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
7.5
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0778
94th percentile

In all versions of Node.js prior to 6.14.4, 8.11.4 and 10.9.0 when used with UCS-2 encoding (recognized by Node.js under the names `'ucs2'`, `'ucs-2'`, `'utf16le'` and `'utf-16le'`), `Buffer#write()` can be abused to write outside of the bounds of a single `Buffer`. Writes that start from the second-to-last position of a buffer cause a miscalculation of the maximum length of the input bytes to be written.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Windows apps
Node.js 6 6.17.0 Node.js 6 6.17.0 Feb 28, 2019
Linux
nodejs · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4+esm1 nodejs 8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4+esm1 Mar 28, 2019
No fix yet
Node.js 4 (Windows apps) No fix yet no-fix n/a
Node.js 8 (Windows apps) No fix yet no-fix n/a

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