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CVE-2014-7191

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-7191 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the qs module (before version 1.0.0) for Node.js. Attackers can exploit this by sending a large index value to create a sparse array, leading to excessive memory consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.10.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0831 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (14)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: qsFixed in: 1.0.0
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: nodejs010-nodejs-qs-0:0.6.5-5.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: nodejs010-node-gyp-0:3.2.0-3.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: nodejs010-nodejs-qs-0:0.6.5-5.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: nodejs010-node-gyp-0:3.2.0-3.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: nodejs010-nodejs-qs-0:0.6.5-5.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: nodejs010-node-gyp-0:3.2.0-3.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: nodejs010-nodejs-qs-0:0.6.5-5.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: nodejs010-node-gyp-0:3.2.0-3.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: nodejs010-nodejs-qs-0:0.6.5-5.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: nodejs010-node-gyp-0:3.2.0-3.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: nodejs010-nodejs-qs-0:0.6.5-5.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: nodejs010-node-gyp-0:3.2.0-3.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-jjv7-qpx3-h62qhigh

Denial-of-Service Memory Exhaustion in qs

Oct 24, 2017
redhatCVE-2014-7191Moderate

nodejs-qs: Denial-of-Service Memory Exhaustion

Aug 6, 2014

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1380
secunia.com / advisories/60026
secunia.com / advisories/62170
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/96729
github.com / raymondfeng/node-querystring/commit/43a604b7847e56bba49d0ce3e222fe89569354d8
Patch
github.com / visionmedia/node-querystring/issues/104
nodesecurity.io / advisories/qs_dos_memory_exhaustion
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss