Vulnerability in Node.js
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.083 (94.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.083 · newest: 0.083 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/60026 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/62170 (third-party-advisory)
- github.com/visionmedia/node-querystring/issues/104
- github.com/raymondfeng/node-querystring/commit/43a604b7847e56bba49d0ce3e222fe89… (Patch)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1380 (vendor-advisory)
- nodesecurity.io/advisories/qs_dos_memory_exhaustion
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96729 (vdb-entry)
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss