CVE-2016-10542

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-10542
  • Assigner
  • support@hackerone.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-05-31T20:29:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-09T23:16:44
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:ws_project:ws:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* 1 OR 1.1.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/120 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/7388 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:14:36 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 06:52:50 cve-assignments@hackerone.com support@hackerone.com CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-03 06:52:50 2018-05-31T20:29Z 2018-05-31T20:29:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 06:52:50 2019-10-09T23:16:44 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 06:52:50 Modified Vulnerability Status updated