CVE-2012-2330
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4EPSS 2.6%EU EUVD
The Update method in src/node_http_parser.cc in Node.js before 0.6.17 and 0.7 before 0.7.8 does not properly check the length of a string, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (request header contents) and possibly spoof HTTP headers via a zero length string.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 2.6% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2323)
- Published
- August 13, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2323 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- nodejs / nodejs
- nodejs / nodejs
- nodejs / nodejs
- nodejs / nodejs
- nodejs / nodejs
- nodejs / nodejs
- nodejs / nodejs
- nodejs / nodejs
- nodejs / nodejs
References
- http://blog.nodejs.org/2012/05/04/version-0-6-17-stable/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49066(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/8
- https://github.com/joyent/node/commit/7b3fb22(Exploit, Patch)
- https://github.com/joyent/node/commit/c9a231d(Exploit, Patch)
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K99038439?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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