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CVE-2014-7191
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…
Medium5.0EPSS 8.3%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.3% · top 5.1% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (10)
- 60026 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 62170 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://github.com/visionmedia/node-querystring/issues/104 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/raymondfeng/node-querystring/commit/43a604b7847e56bba49d0ce3e222fe89569354d8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1380 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/qs_dos_memory_exhaustion (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687928 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- nodejs-cve20147191-dos(96729) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685987 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687263 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-jjv7-qpx3-h62q (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .