CVE-2018-1000518
Augustin WebSockets Denial of Service (DoS) via Data Amplification
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.
INFO
Published Date :
June 26, 2018, 4:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 10, 2022, 8:10 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2018-1000518 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2018-1000518.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/pull/407 | Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory |
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CVE-2018-1000518 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Feb. 10, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/pull/407 Exploit, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/pull/407 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:websockets_project:websockets:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:websockets_project:websockets:4.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Feb. 09, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:myks:websockets:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:websockets_project:websockets:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/pull/407 No Types Assigned https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/pull/407 Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-400 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:myks:websockets:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-1000518 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-1000518
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.12 }} 0.00%
score
0.45075
percentile