Description
aaugustin websockets version 4 contains a CWE-409: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) vulnerability in Servers and clients, unless configured with compression=None that can result in Denial of Service by memory exhaustion. This attack appear to be exploitable via Sending a specially crafted frame on an established connection. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 5.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 7.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/pull/407Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/pull/407Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 26, 2018
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified