Segmentation fault / std::bad_alloc on node version >= v12

[REQUIRED] Step 2: Describe your environment

• Operating System version: Ubuntu 20.04, Debian Buster, OSX 10.15.6, Alpine 3.12.0
• Firebase SDK version: 9.2.0
• Firebase Product: database
• Node.js version: v12.18.3
• NPM version: 6.14.6

[REQUIRED] Step 3: Describe the problem

We have a pretty basic js-script to update a property in firebase (see below). This script works fine on node v10 and v11 but has a segmentation fault (std::bad_alloc) when run on node v12 or higher

Steps to reproduce:

Switch node version and run script:

$ nvm use v10
Now using node v10.22.1 (npm v6.14.6)

$ time node fire.js
OK
node fire.js  0,30s user 0,04s system 26% cpu 1,249 total


$ nvm use v12
Now using node v12.18.3 (npm v6.14.6)

$ time node ./fire.js 
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc'
  what():  std::bad_alloc
[2]    3460141 abort (core dumped)  node ./fire.js
node ./fire.js  0,28s user 0,03s system 0% cpu 1:01,63 total

(note the 28 second duration)

$ nvm use v14
Now using node v14.12.0 (npm v6.14.8)

$ time node fire.js
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc'
  what():  std::bad_alloc
[2]    3456469 abort (core dumped)  node fire.js
node fire.js  0,25s user 0,02s system 26% cpu 1,039 total

Relevant Code:

const admin = require('firebase-admin');
const FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN = '';
const FIREBASE_DATABASE_URL = '';
const FIREBASE_CLIENT_EMAIL = '';
const FIREBASE_PRIVATE_KEY = ''

const credential = admin.credential.cert({
    projectId: FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN,
    clientEmail: FIREBASE_CLIENT_EMAIL,
    privateKey: FIREBASE_PRIVATE_KEY,
});

const app = admin.initializeApp(
    {
        credential,
        databaseURL: FIREBASE_DATABASE_URL,
    },
    FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN,
);
const firebaseScreenData = {
    'some-prop': 'some-value',
};
const firebaseClient = app;
const database = firebaseClient.database();

const main = async () => {
    try {
        await database.ref('temp-db').set(firebaseScreenData);
        await firebaseClient.delete();
    } catch (e) {
        console.log('Error', e);
        throw e;
    }
    console.log('OK');
};

main();

Node versions tested:

Version	Works
v8.11.4	✅
v10.22.1	✅
v11.15.0	✅
v12.18.3	❌
v13.14.0	❌
v14.12.0	❌

[Cyril-Beeckman]

Same issue.

Running Firebase Admin on NodeJS > 11.15.0 cause “std::bad_alloc” or “Segmentation fault”

Node version : 14.6.0 Firebase Admin version : 9.4.2

Everything works well with Node v11.15.0 and firebase-admin@9.4.2

[Kamshak]

Getting the same on a simple read with a query

const trips = Object.values<any>(
    (
      await app
        .database()
        .ref('trips')
        .orderByChild('type')
        .equalTo('trip')
        .limitToFirst(100)
        .once('value')
    ).val()
  );

PID 6554 received SIGSEGV for address: 0x0
/home/valentin/frantz2/ssr/node_modules/segfault-handler/build/Release/segfault-handler.node(+0x3246)[0x7f13bcbac246]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0x13510)[0x7f13bf58d510]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x15f3b5)[0x7f13bf5193b5]
/home/valentin/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.2/bin/node[0xa2a80d]
/home/valentin/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.2/bin/node[0xbee089]
/home/valentin/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.2/bin/node(_ZN2v88internal21Builtin_HandleApiCallEiPmPNS0_7IsolateE+0xb7)[0xbefe77]
/home/valentin/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.2/bin/node[0x13ccf79]

valentin@LAPTOP-IU1DQOIA:~/frantz2/ssr$ node --version
v12.18.2
valentin@LAPTOP-IU1DQOIA:~/frantz2/ssr$ uname -r
4.19.128-microsoft-standard