Out-of-bounds read in nodejs (Debian package) - CVE-2025-47153
Published: September 3, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU114773
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-47153
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition caused by an incorrect building process for 32-bit systems for libuv and Node.js. A remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
Affected software
nodejs (Debian package)
Debian Linux
Debian Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2025-47153
Install updates from vendor's website.
nodejs (Debian package) - update to 18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u1
External References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1076350
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=922075
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=892601
- https://github.com/nodejs/node-v0.x-archive/issues/4549
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/02/2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00003.html