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01 Record

CVE-2016-10544

uws is a WebSocket server library. By sending a 256mb websocket message to a uws server instance with permessage-deflate enabled, there is a possibility used compression will shrink said 256mb down to

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: hackerone
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

uws is a WebSocket server library. By sending a 256mb websocket message to a uws server instance with permessage-deflate enabled, there is a possibility used compression will shrink said 256mb down to

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 70.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-05-31 20:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 02:56Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2017-10-29
Assigning CNA
hackerone
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
  • CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
5c4e08afb245f16b7135644ebcfe470a19cbb7df1976ba7bc4146f8b6ee81e65

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
HackerOneuws node module>=0.10.0 <=0.10.8—

06 References