CVE-2014-7191

MITRE NVD CVE.ORG JSON API Print: PDF PDF

Summary

CVECVE-2014-7191
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-19 01:55:21 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-01.ibm.com
Security Advisory SA62170 - IBM Business Process Manager Two Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM Security Bulletin: Current Release of IBM® SDK for Node.js™ is affected by CVE-2014-7191 - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-01.ibm.com
Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities in Node.js modules affect IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) Configuration Editor (CVE-2014-6394, CVE-2014-7191) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-01.ibm.com
Make sure nesting arrays are compacted to avoid memory overflow · 43a604b · raymondfeng/node-querystring · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
Nested arrays can be used to crash node. · Issue #104 · visionmedia/node-querystring · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Node Security Project | qs Denial-of-Service Memory Exhaustion af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nodesecurity.io
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981009 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for qs (GHSA-jjv7-qpx3-h62q)
  • 983489 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for qs (GHSA-crvj-3gj9-gm2p)

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report