Detected calls to buffer with noAssert flag set JS-0822

From the Node.js API docs:

Setting noAssert to true skips validation of the offset. This allows the offset to be beyond the end of the Buffer.

As mentioned in the documentation of buffer, the offset value should be 0 <= offset <= buf.length - 1. offset outside range can be dangerous and cause segmentation faults as well. It may also affect performance as the buffer method will read/write unwanted data.

Bad Practice

buf.readUInt8(0, true);
buf.writeUInt8(0x3, 0, true);

Recommended

buf.readUInt8(0);
buf.readUInt8(0, false);
buf.writeUInt8(0x3, 0, false);

References

• Nodejs Buffer API