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 of service (memory consumption) by using a large index value to create a sparse array.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2014-10-19

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected products

• Node.js (Nodejs)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/60026
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62170
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685987
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687263
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687928
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1380
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96729
• https://github.com/raymondfeng/node-querystring/commit/43a604b7847e56bba49d0ce3e222fe89569354d8
• https://github.com/visionmedia/node-querystring/issues/104
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/qs_dos_memory_exhaustion