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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7167

Calling Buffer.fill() or Buffer.alloc() with some parameters can lead to a hang which could result in a Denial of Service. In order to address this vulnerability, the implementations of Buffer.alloc() and Buffer.fill() were updated so that they zero fill instead of hanging in these cases. All versions of Node.js 6.x (LTS "Boron"), 8.x (LTS "Carbon"), and 9.x are vulnerable. All versions of Node.js 10.x (Current) are NOT vulnerable.

Products
nodejs
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
10.15.0~dfsg-6
CVEs
CVE-2018-7167
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7167

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Jun 2018, 16:29 UTC

Calling Buffer.fill() or Buffer.alloc() with some parameters can lead to a hang which could result in a Denial of Service. In order to address this vulnerability, the implementations of Buffer.alloc() and Buffer.fill() were updated so that they zero fill instead of hanging in these cases. All versions of Node.js 6.x (LTS "Boron"), 8.x (LTS "Carbon"), and 9.x are vulnerable. All versions of Node.js 10.x (Current) are NOT vulnerable.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7167

nodejs

Fixed versions: 10.15.0~dfsg-6

nodejs

Fixed versions: 10.15.0~dfsg-6

nodejs

Fixed versions: 10.15.0~dfsg-6

Complete source record
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