Vulnerability in Hackerone Ws Node Module
CVE-2016-10518
A vulnerability was found in the ping functionality of the ws module before 1.0.0 which allowed clients to allocate memory by sending a ping frame. The ping functionality by default responds with a pong frame and the previously given paylo…
EPSS: 0.003 (57.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Hackerone Ws Node Module — versions <= 1.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/websockets/ws/releases/tag/1.0.1 (x_refsource_MISC)
- nodesecurity.io/advisories/67 (x_refsource_MISC)
- gist.github.com/c0nrad/e92005446c480707a74a (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-10518?
- CVE-2016-10518 is a vulnerability in Hackerone Ws Node Module, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Sent Data. Published 2018-05-31.
- Is CVE-2016-10518 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.