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date: '2016-10-18T16:25:06.867Z'
category: release
title: Node.js 0.12.17 (Maintenance)
layout: blog-post
author: Rod Vagg
---

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This is a security release. All Node.js users should consult the security release summary at /blog/vulnerability/october-2016-security-releases/ for details on patched vulnerabilities.

### Notable changes:

- c-ares: fix for single-byte buffer overwrite, CVE-2016-5180, more information at <https://c-ares.haxx.se/adv_20160929.html> (Daniel Stenberg)

### Commits:

- \[c5b095ecf8] - deps: avoid single-byte buffer overwrite (Daniel Stenberg) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8849

Windows 32-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.12.17/node-v0.12.17-x86.msi \
Windows 64-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.12.17/x64/node-v0.12.17-x64.msi \
Windows 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.12.17/node.exe \
Windows 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.12.17/x64/node.exe \
macOS Universal Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.12.17/node-v0.12.17.pkg \
macOS 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.12.17/node-v0.12.17-darwin-x64.tar.gz \
macOS 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.12.17/node-v0.12.17-darwin-x86.tar.gz \
Linux 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.12.17/node-v0.12.17-linux-x86.tar.gz \
Linux 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.12.17/node-v0.12.17-linux-x64.tar.gz \
SmartOS 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.12.17/node-v0.12.17-sunos-x86.tar.gz \
SmartOS 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.12.17/node-v0.12.17-sunos-x64.tar.gz \
Source Code: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.12.17/node-v0.12.17.tar.gz \
Other release files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.12.17/ \
Documentation: https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.12.17/api/

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