Information Exposure Affecting node package, versions [6.0.0,6.9.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.86% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UPSTREAM-NODE-72319
  • published12 Dec 2018
  • disclosed15 Oct 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-5172  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade node.js to version 6.9.0 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The V8 parser mishandled scopes, potentially allowing an attacker to obtain sensitive information from arbitrary memory locations.

CVSS Base Scores

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