Is CVE-2016-10542 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-10542 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-10542?

CVE-2016-10542 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-10542?

CVE-2016-10542 has an EPSS score of 7.54% (94th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10542?

Upgrade node-ws on debian 11 to 1.1.0+ds1.e6ddaae4-5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-10542

HIGHEPSS 94th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion CWE-20Improper Input Validation

How to fix

Remediation Available

node-wsDebian

Fixed in:1.1.0+ds1.e6ddaae4-5CVE-2016-10542

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

7.54%probability of exploitation in 30 days

94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.