Buffer Overflow Affecting node package, versions [, 10.22.1)[12.0.0, 12.18.4)[14.0.0,14.9.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.71% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UPSTREAM-NODE-1009920
  • published16 Sept 2020
  • disclosed15 Sept 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-8252  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade node to version 10.22.1, 12.18.4, 14.9.0 or higher.

Overview

node is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. realpath() implementation performs an incorrect calculation when allocating a buffer, leading to a potential buffer overflow.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1