cvelist/2018/7xxx/CVE-2018-7166.json

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      "DATE_PUBLIC" : "2018-08-12T00:00:00",
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            "value" : "An argument processing flaw can cause `Buffer.alloc()` to return uninitialized memory. This method is intended to be safe and only return initialized, or cleared, memory. The third argument specifying `encoding` can be passed as a number, this is misinterpreted by `Buffer's` internal \"fill\" method as the `start` to a fill operation. This flaw may be abused where `Buffer.alloc()` arguments are derived from user input to return uncleared memory blocks that may contain sensitive information."
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            "url" : "https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/august-2018-security-releases/"
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