CVE catalog
CVE-2017-15897
nodejs: CVE-2017-15897
- Severity
- Low · CVSS 3.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.32% · Oct 25, 2026
Node.js had a bug in versions 8.X and 9.X which caused buffers to not be initialized when the encoding for the fill value did not match the encoding specified. For example, 'Buffer.alloc(0x100, "This is not correctly encoded", "hex");' The buffer implementation was updated such that the buffer will be initialized to all zeros in these cases.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | nodejs | sid | 24.22.1+dfsg+~cs24.19.2-1 | not affected |
| Debian | nodejs | forky | 24.21.0+dfsg+~cs24.13.4-1 | not affected |
| Debian | nodejs | trixie | 20.19.2+dfsg-1+deb13u2 | not affected |
| Debian | nodejs | trixie-security | 20.19.2+dfsg-1+deb13u3 | not affected |
| Debian | nodejs | bookworm | 18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2 | not affected |
| Debian | nodejs | bookworm-security | 18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u3 | not affected |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.10 | 8.9.3-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.11 | 8.9.3-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.12 | 8.9.3-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.13 | 8.9.3-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.14 | 8.9.3-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.15 | 8.9.3-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.16 | 8.9.3-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.17 | 8.9.3-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.18 | 8.9.3-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.19 | 8.9.3-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.20 | 8.9.3-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.21 | 8.9.3-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.22 | 8.9.3-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.23 | 8.9.3-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.24 | 8.9.3-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.7 | 8.9.3-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.8 | 8.9.3-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.9 | 8.9.3-r0 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | nodejs | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | nodejs | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | nodejs | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | nodejs | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.10 | 8.9.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.11 | 8.9.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.12 | 8.9.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.13 | 8.9.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.14 | 8.9.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.15 | 8.9.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.16 | 8.9.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.17 | 8.9.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.18 | 8.9.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.19 | 8.9.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.20 | 8.9.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.21 | 8.9.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.22 | 8.9.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.23 | 8.9.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.24 | 8.9.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.7 | 8.9.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.8 | 8.9.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.9 | 8.9.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libnode108]Unknown
Source package: [nodejs]
Details (4)
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· amd64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· arm64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
- [libnode-dev]Unknown
Source package: [nodejs]
Details (4)
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· amd64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· arm64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
- [nodejs]Unknown
Details (4)
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· amd64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· arm64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
- [nodejs-doc]Unknown
Source package: [nodejs]
Details (4)
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· all · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· all · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2019_14246-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-15897]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15897]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15897]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-15897.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]