CVSS 3.0
7.5 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2016-10542
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
- EPSS
- 7.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 94% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-20, CWE-400
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- ws_project:ws
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-6663-c963-2gqg | npm | ws | <1.1.1 | 1.1.1 |