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CVE-2018-12115

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 , , and ), can be abused to write ou…

Published Aug 21, 2018 · updated Oct 15, 2026 · nodejs node.js

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 , , and ), can be abused to write outside of the bounds of a single . 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.

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  1. Aug 21, 2018 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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 , , and ), can be abused to write outside of the bounds of a single . 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.

  2. Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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 , , and ), can be abused to write outside of the bounds of a single . 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.

Affected

  • cpe nodejs/node.jsversion unspecified
  • cpe redhat/openshift container platform3.11

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2018-12115

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2018-12115

    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 , , and ), can be abused to write outside of the bounds of a single . Writes that s

    nvd.nist.gov

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