CVE-2020-8252

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.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4548-1/

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0004/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-15

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2020-security-releases/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/

https://hackerone.com/reports/965914

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00023.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00011.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3