CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-1000518

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.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/pull/407 Exploit Patch
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:websockets_project:websockets:4.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-06-26 04:29

Updated : 2022-02-10 08:10

NVD link : CVE-2018-1000518

Mitre link : CVE-2018-1000518

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-400