CVE-2016-10542

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

ws es un "cliente, servidor y consola websocket para Node.js fácil de usar, increíblemente rápido y testado en profundidad, actualizado contra RFC-6455". Mediante el envío de una carga útil websocket demasiado larga a un servidor "ws", es posible provocar el cierre inesperado del proceso node. Esto afecta a ws en versiones 1.1.0 y anteriores.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-10-29 CVE Reserved
2018-05-31 CVE Published
2024-03-05 EPSS Updated
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/7388	Issue Tracking
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/120	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ws Project Search vendor "Ws Project"		Ws Search vendor "Ws Project" for product "Ws"				<= 1.1.0 Search vendor "Ws Project" for product "Ws" and version " <= 1.1.0"		node.js		Affected