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Medium USN-5159-1 1 CVE

node-bl vulnerability

Published Feb 8, 2022 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that bl incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS node-bl 0.9.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 6.5
    CVE-2020-8244

    Remote Memory Exposure in bl

    A buffer over-read vulnerability exists in bl <4.0.3, <3.0.1, <2.2.1, and <1.2.3 which could allow an attacker to supply user input (even typed) that if it ends up in consume() argument and can become negative, the BufferList state can be corrupted, tricking …

    bl node-bl node-bl Debian Ubuntu npm

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8244