CVE-2016-10542 (GCVE-0-2016-10542)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-05-31 20:00
Modified
2024-09-17 04:03
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
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.
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HackerOne ws node module Version: <=1.1.0
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