# CVE-2018-12115: In all versions of Node.js prior to 6.14.4, 8.11.4 and 10.9.0 when used with UCS-2 encoding (recognized by Node.js under the names \`'ucs2'\`,

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-08-21 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- The Node.js Project Node.js: All versions of Node.js prior to 6.14.4, 8.11.4 and 10.9.0

## Description

In all versions of Node.js prior to 6.14.4, 8.11.4 and 10.9.0 when used with UCS-2 encoding (recognized by Node.js under the names `'ucs2'`, `'ucs-2'`, `'utf16le'` and `'utf-16le'`), `Buffer#write()` can be abused to write outside of the bounds of a single `Buffer`. Writes that start from the second-to-last position of a buffer cause a miscalculation of the maximum length of the input bytes to be written.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on The Node.js Project Node.js, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105127
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2552
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2553
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2944
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/august-2018-security-releases/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3537
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2949
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48

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