CVE catalog
CVE-2016-10518
node-ws: CVE-2016-10518
- Severity
- Low
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.98% · Oct 25, 2026
A vulnerability was found in the ping functionality of the ws module before 1.0.0 which allowed clients to allocate memory by sending a ping frame. The ping functionality by default responds with a pong frame and the previously given payload of the ping frame. This is exactly what you expect, but internally ws always transforms all data that we need to send to a Buffer instance and that is where the vulnerability existed. ws didn't do any checks for the type of data it was sending. With buffers in node when you allocate it when a number instead of a string it will allocate the amount of bytes.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-ws | sid | 8.21.3+~cs14.19.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-ws | forky | 8.21.3+~cs14.19.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-ws | trixie | 8.18.1+~cs14.18.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-ws | bookworm | 8.11.0+~cs13.7.3-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | node-ws | 16.04 | 0.7.2+ds1.349b7460-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-ws | 16.04 | 1.0.1+ds1.e6ddaae4-1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-ws | source | sid | 1.0.1+ds1.e6ddaae4-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | node-ws | source | forky | 1.0.1+ds1.e6ddaae4-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | node-ws | source | trixie | 1.0.1+ds1.e6ddaae4-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | node-ws | source | bookworm | 1.0.1+ds1.e6ddaae4-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | node-ws | deb | 16.04 | 1.0.1+ds1.e6ddaae4-1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10518 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [node-ws]Fixed
Details (2)
8.11.0+~cs13.7.3-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.1+ds1.e6ddaae4-1dsa · node-ws · debian · bookworm; dsa · node-ws · debian · 12
8.11.0+~cs13.7.3-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.1+ds1.e6ddaae4-1dsa · node-ws · debian · bookworm; dsa · node-ws · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [node-ws]Fixed
Details (2)
8.18.1+~cs14.18.2-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.1+ds1.e6ddaae4-1dsa · node-ws · debian · 13
8.18.1+~cs14.18.2-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.1+ds1.e6ddaae4-1dsa · node-ws · debian · 13
Observed: