VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-10542
By sending an overly long websocket payload to a `ws` server, it is possible to crash the node process.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 7.54%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.54% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-20
- Affected
- ws project/ws
- Source
- support@hackerone.com
References
- https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/7388Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/120Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/7388Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/120Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.