CVE-2014-7191

Node.js <1.0.0 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The qs module before 1.0.0 in Node.js does not call the compact function for array data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by using a large index value to create a sparse array.

References (10)

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/60026

[Various Sources] http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685987

[Various Sources] http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687263

[Various Sources] http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687928

[Vendor Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1380

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96729

[Patch] https://github.com/raymondfeng/node-querystring/commit/43a604b7847e56bba49d0ce3e222fe89569354d8

[Various Sources] https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/qs_dos_memory_exhaustion

[Issue Tracking] https://github.com/visionmedia/node-querystring/issues/104

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/62170

Scores

EPSS 0.0069

EPSS Percentile 71.5%

Classification

CWE

CWE-399

Status draft

Affected Products (2)

nodejs/node.js < 0.10.18

npm/qs < 1.0.0npm

Timeline

Published Oct 19, 2014

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026