GHSA-w5hq-g745-h8pq — uuid: Missing buffer bounds check in v3/v5/v6 when buf is provided

Affected: npm: uuid

### Summary

The `v3()`, `v5()`, and `v6()` [API methods](https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid#api-summary) (not `uuid` release versions) accept external output buffers but do not reject out-of-range writes (small `buf` or large `offset`). By contrast, `v4()`, `v1()`, and `v7()` API methods explicitly throw `RangeError` on invalid bounds.

This inconsistency allows **silent partial writes** into caller-provided buffers.

### Affected code

- `src/v35.ts` (`v3()`/`v5()` path) writes `buf[offset + i]` without bounds validation. - `src/v6.ts` writes `buf[offset + i]` without bounds validation.

### Reproducible PoC

```bash cd /home/StrawHat/uuid npm ci npm run build

node --input-type=module -e " import {v4,v5,v6} from './dist-node/index.js'; const ns='6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8'; for (const [name,fn] of [ ['v4()',()=>v4({},new Uint8Array(8),4)], ['v5()',()=>v5('x',ns,new Uint8Array(8),4)], ['v6()',()=>v6({},new Uint8Array(8),4)], ]) { try { fn(); console.log(name,'NO_THROW'); } catch(e){ console.log(name,'THREW',e.name); } }" ```

Observed:

- `v4() THREW RangeError` - `v5() NO_THROW` - `v6() NO_THROW`

Example partial overwrite evidence captured during audit:

```text same true buf [ 170, 170, 170, 170, 75, 224, 100, 63 ] v6 [ 187, 187, 187, 187, 31, 19, 185, 64 ] ```

### Security impact

- **Primary**: integrity/robustness issue (silent partial output). - If an application assumes full UUID writes into preallocated buffers, this can produce ma…

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