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CVE-2016-10542
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-05-31T20:29:01.550 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:39:54.447

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.

Affected products

ws_project — ws

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References

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