ubuntu-cve-2016-10542
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-05-31 20:29
Modified
2025-10-24 04:46
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "node-ws",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1+ds1.e6ddaae4-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "node-ws",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-ws@1.0.1+ds1.e6ddaae4-1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.7.2+ds1.349b7460-1",
        "1.0.1+ds1.e6ddaae4-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "node-ws",
            "binary_version": "1.1.0+ds1.e6ddaae4-3ubuntu1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "node-ws",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-ws@1.1.0+ds1.e6ddaae4-3ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.1.0+ds1.e6ddaae4-3build1",
        "1.1.0+ds1.e6ddaae4-3ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10542",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:46:00Z",
  "published": "2018-05-31T20:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10542"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/7388"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/120"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10542"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-10542"
  ]
}



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