cve/2016/CVE-2016-10542.md

### [CVE-2016-10542](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10542)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=ws%20node%20module&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=Denial%20of%20Service%20(CWE-400)&color=brighgreen)

### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/PalindromeLabs/awesome-websocket-security
- https://github.com/softwaresecurity/owasp-false-positives