CVE-2016-10542

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - support@hackerone.com

Published

2018-05-31

Last modified

2024-09-17

Weaknesses

CWE-20, CWE-400

Affected products

• Ws Node Module (Hackerone)
• Ws (Ws Project)

References

• https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/7388
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/120