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CVE-2020-8252 — HIGH severity vulnerability | Release Alert

CVE-2020-8252

7.8

HIGHCVSS v3

Published

September 18, 2020

CVSS v2

4.6 MEDIUM

Affected

15 projects

Assigned by

[email protected]

Severity scale

010

Description

The implementation of realpath in libuv < 10.22.1, < 12.18.4, and < 14.9.0 used within Node.js incorrectly determined the buffer size which can result in a buffer overflow if the resolved path is longer than 256 bytes.

@externs/nodejs

NPMThe Closure Compiler Externs For Node.JS.

>= 14.0.0, < 14.9.0, >= 12.0.0, < 12.18.4, >= 10.0.0, < 10.22.1NVD

GitHubThe Externs For Node.JS.

>= 14.0.0, < 14.9.0, >= 12.0.0, < 12.18.4, >= 10.0.0, < 10.22.1NVD

NPM

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Mocks Of Built-In Node.JS Modules To Use For Compilation.

>= 14.0.0, < 14.9.0, >= 12.0.0, < 12.18.4, >= 10.0.0, < 10.22.1NVD

@opencensus/nodejs

NPMOpenCensus is a toolkit for collecting application performance and behavior data.

>= 14.0.0, < 14.9.0, >= 12.0.0, < 12.18.4, >= 10.0.0, < 10.22.1NVD

GitHubMocks Of Built-In Node.JS Modules To Use For Compilation.

>= 14.0.0, < 14.9.0, >= 12.0.0, < 12.18.4, >= 10.0.0, < 10.22.1NVD

Python Package IndexPython bindings and utils for Node.js and io.js

>= 14.0.0, < 14.9.0, >= 12.0.0, < 12.18.4, >= 10.0.0, < 10.22.1NVD

NPM

>= 14.0.0, < 14.9.0, >= 12.0.0, < 12.18.4, >= 10.0.0, < 10.22.1NVD

NPMsecurity holding package

>= 14.0.0, < 14.9.0, >= 12.0.0, < 12.18.4, >= 10.0.0, < 10.22.1NVD

NuGet GalleryNode.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient. Node.js' package ecosystem, npm, is the largest ecosystem of open source libraries in the world.

>= 14.0.0, < 14.9.0, >= 12.0.0, < 12.18.4, >= 10.0.0, < 10.22.1NVD

Docker HubOfficial openSUSE Leap Images

= 15.2NVD

Crates.ioBase library for interacting with Fedora web services

= 33NVD

Python Package IndexPlaceholder for the fedora name

= 33NVD

Docker HubOfficial Docker builds of Fedora

= 33NVD

NPMDigital Repository Ireland - fedora backend operations

= 33NVD

RubyGemsSet of capistrano recipies for automating creation of Fedora servers.

= 33NVD