CVE-2018-12115

nodejs: Out of bounds (OOB) write via UCS-2 encoding

Published Aug 21, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 7.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
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 `'ucs2'`, `'ucs-2'`, `'utf16le'` and `'utf-16le'`), `Buffer#write()` can be abused to write outside of the bounds of a single `Buffer`. 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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-4093 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 `'ucs2'`, `'ucs-2'`, `'utf16le'` and `'utf-16le'`), `Buffer#write()` can be abused to write outside of the bounds of a single `Buffer`. 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4796-1 Node.js vulnerabilities
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
nodejs
Published
Updated
Oct 15, 2026, 5:22 PM
Reserved
Jun 11, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 21, 2018, 12:29 PM
Modified
Oct 15, 2026, 6:17 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Aug 11, 2018, 12:00 AM