CVE-2016-10544

Published May 31, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
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 less than 16mb of websocket payload which passes the length check of 16mb payload. This data will then inflate up to 256mb and crash the node process by exceeding V8's maximum string size. This affects uws >=0.10.0 <=0.10.8.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-1096 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 less than 16mb of websocket payload which passes the length check of 16mb payload. This data will then inflate up to 256mb and crash the node process by exceeding V8's maximum string size. This affects uws >=0.10.0 <=0.10.8.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hf5h-hh56-3vrg Denial of Service in uws
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
hackerone
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 2:56 AM
Reserved
Oct 29, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 31, 2018, 8:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:39 AM