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Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size in stringstream

Cx28d8d81d-c124

  • stringstream
High
8.2/10

Summary

Stringstream is vulnerable to uninitialized buffer allocation. It allows to extract sensitive data from uninitialized memory or to cause a Denial of Service by passing in a large number, in setups where typed user input can be passed to the stream (e.g. from JSON), on Node.js 4.x and lower.

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  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
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  • LOW
  • HIGH

CWE-131 - Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

The software does not correctly calculate the size to be used when allocating a buffer, which could lead to a buffer overflow.

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