diff --git a/lib/internal/buffer.js b/lib/internal/buffer.js index 61bdced4d63a58..137ca64142bf62 100644 --- a/lib/internal/buffer.js +++ b/lib/internal/buffer.js @@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ function writeU_Int16BE(buf, value, offset, min, max) { } function writeUInt16BE(value, offset = 0) { - return writeU_Int16BE(this, value, offset, 0, 0xffffffff); + return writeU_Int16BE(this, value, offset, 0, 0xffff); } function writeIntLE(value, offset, byteLength) { diff --git a/test/parallel/test-buffer-writeuint.js b/test/parallel/test-buffer-writeuint.js index 999440114c74f4..387aafd3354a35 100644 --- a/test/parallel/test-buffer-writeuint.js +++ b/test/parallel/test-buffer-writeuint.js @@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ const assert = require('assert'); data.writeUInt16BE(value, 0); assert.ok(data.equals(new Uint8Array([0xff, 0x80, 0x43, 0x23]))); + + value = 0xfffff; + ['writeUInt16BE', 'writeUInt16LE'].forEach((fn) => { + assert.throws( + () => data[fn](value, 0), + { + code: 'ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE', + message: 'The value of "value" is out of range. ' + + `It must be >= 0 and <= 65535. Received ${value}` + } + ); + }); } // Test 32 bit