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CVE-2016-10542

N/A
Published: May 31, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:39 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWs

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ws· Ws Projectnpm
95%
v ≤ 1.1.0<=1.1.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/7388
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/120

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400CWE-20

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