CVE-2016-10542

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Published 2019-02-18 · Modified 2023-11-08

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

1.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_dos/http/ws_dos rank 300

ws - Denial of Service

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.1.0+ds1.e6ddaae4-5`
sid	Fixed	`1.1.0+ds1.e6ddaae4-5`
forky	Fixed	`1.1.0+ds1.e6ddaae4-5`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.1.0+ds1.e6ddaae4-5`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.1.0+ds1.e6ddaae4-5`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
npm	ws	`<1.1.1`	`1.1.1`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.