VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-10542

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability7.42%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-05-31
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

ws is a "simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client, server and console for node.js, up-to-date against RFC-6455". By sending an overly long websocket payload to a `ws` server, it is possible to crash the node process. This affects ws 1.1.0 and earlier.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Primary references