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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-5256 · published 5 September 2014

CVE-2014-5256: Nodejs memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Nodejs · Nodejs

Node.js 0.8 before 0.8.28 and 0.10 before 0.10.30 does not consider the possibility of recursive processing that triggers V8 garbage collection in conjunction with a V8 interrupt, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via deep JSON objects whose parsing lets this interrupt mask an overflow of the program stack.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 3.3% · top 12.1% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
3.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Node.js 0.8 before 0.8.28 and 0.10 before 0.10.30 does not consider the possibility of recursive processing that triggers V8 garbage collection in conjunction with a V8 interrupt, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via deep JSON objects whose parsing lets this interrupt mask an overflow of the program stack.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0516.html
http://blog.nodejs.org/2014/07/31/v8-memory-corruption-stack-overflow/ PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61260
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21684769
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:142
https://github.com/joyent/node/commit/530af9cb8e700e7596b3ec812bad123c9fa06356 Exploit
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0516.html
http://blog.nodejs.org/2014/07/31/v8-memory-corruption-stack-overflow/ PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61260
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21684769
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:142
https://github.com/joyent/node/commit/530af9cb8e700e7596b3ec812bad123c9fa06356 Exploit

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-5256), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.