CVE-2018-21270
CVSS v3
6.5
MEDIUM
EPSS Score
3.7 %
exploit probability, as of 2026-10-17
CISA KEV
No
known exploited
Exploitation
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SSVC status
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Affected and fixed versions
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
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Packages
- stringstreamnpmall versions · fixed in 0.0.6
Vendor advisories
nodejs-stringstream: out-of-bounds read leading to uninitialized memory exposure
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Quay v3.6.0 security, bug fix and enhancement update
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).
Technical details
- Published
- 2020-12-03
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