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.
References
Link Resource
https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/7388 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/120 Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published: 2018-04-26T00:00:00

Updated: 2018-05-31T19:57:01

Reserved: 2017-10-29T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2016-10542

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-05-31T20:29:01.550

Modified: 2019-10-09T23:16:44.823


Link: CVE-2016-10542

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