CVE-2014-7191
mediumpriority · track · 23EPSS 0.083 · 95 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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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affected products (4)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-1591Juniper JUNOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-07-10csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Juniper JUNOS ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service zu verursachen, Informationen offenzulegen, Privilegien zu erweitern und Sicherheitsmechanismen inklusive zu umgehen.
- GHSA-jjv7-qpx3-h62qDenial-of-Service Memory Exhaustion in qs2017-10-24ghsa · osvUS
Versions prior to 1.0 of `qs` are affected by a denial of service condition. This condition is triggered by parsing a crafted string that deserializes into very large sparse arrays, resulting in the process running out of memory and eventually crashing. ## Recommendation Update to version 1.0.0 or later.
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references (25)
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- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685987cnnvd
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/96729cnnvd
- https://github.com/raymondfeng/node-querystring/commit/43a604b7847e56bba49d0ce3e222fe89569354d8cnnvd
- https://github.com/visionmedia/node-querystring/issues/104cnnvd
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/qs_dos_memory_exhaustioncnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60026enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62170enisa_euvd
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685987enisa_euvd
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