CVE-2018-21270 (Medium) detected in stringstream-0.0.5.tgz

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CVE-2018-21270 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - stringstream-0.0.5.tgz

Encode and decode streams into string streams

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/stringstream/-/stringstream-0.0.5.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/stringstream/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• speech-1.1.0.tgz (Root Library)
  • google-gax-0.14.5.tgz
    • grpc-1.7.3.tgz
      • node-pre-gyp-0.6.39.tgz
        • request-2.81.0.tgz
          • :x: stringstream-0.0.5.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

Versions less than 0.0.6 of the Node.js stringstream module are vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read because of allocation of uninitialized buffers when a number is passed in the input stream (when using Node.js 4.x).

Publish Date: 2020-12-03

URL: CVE-2018-21270

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-21270

Release Date: 2020-12-03

Fix Resolution (stringstream): 0.0.6

Direct dependency fix Resolution (@google-cloud/speech): 1.2.0

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