CVE-2014-7191

medium

Published 2014-10-19 · Modified 2023-11-08

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.2.4-1`
sid	Fixed	`2.2.4-1`
forky	Fixed	`2.2.4-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.2.4-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.2.4-1`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
npm	qs	`<1.0.0`	`1.0.0`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
nodejs	node.js	`{"endIncluding":"0.10.18"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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