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CVE-2018-21270
Versions less than 0.0.6 of the Node.js stringstream module are vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read because of allocation of uninitialized…
Medium6.5EPSS 3.7%
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- mitre
Description
Versions less than 0.0.6 of the Node.js stringstream module are vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read because of allocation of uninitialized buffers when a number is passed in the input stream (when using Node.js 4.x).
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmstringstreamGHSA-mf6x-7mm4-x2g7 (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://hackerone.com/reports/321670 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/664 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/mhart/StringStream/issues/7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-mf6x-7mm4-x2g7 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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