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Vulnerability_id VCID-5ycj-g4t7-hfd9

Summary websockets is vulnerable to denial of service by memory exhaustion

Aliases

alias	CVE-2018-1000518

alias	GHSA-6g87-ff9q-v847

alias	PYSEC-2018-79

Fixed_packages

url pkg:pypi/websockets@5.0

purl pkg:pypi/websockets@5.0

is_vulnerable true

affected_by_vulnerabilities

vulnerability	VCID-vd9d-qr6h-7ubz

resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/websockets@5.0

Affected_packages

url pkg:pypi/websockets@0.1

purl pkg:pypi/websockets@0.1

is_vulnerable true

affected_by_vulnerabilities

vulnerability	VCID-5ycj-g4t7-hfd9

vulnerability	VCID-vd9d-qr6h-7ubz

resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/websockets@0.1

url pkg:pypi/websockets@1.0

purl pkg:pypi/websockets@1.0

is_vulnerable true

affected_by_vulnerabilities

vulnerability	VCID-5ycj-g4t7-hfd9

vulnerability	VCID-vd9d-qr6h-7ubz

resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/websockets@1.0

url pkg:pypi/websockets@2.0

purl pkg:pypi/websockets@2.0

is_vulnerable true

affected_by_vulnerabilities

vulnerability	VCID-5ycj-g4t7-hfd9

vulnerability	VCID-vd9d-qr6h-7ubz

resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/websockets@2.0

url pkg:pypi/websockets@2.1

purl pkg:pypi/websockets@2.1

is_vulnerable true

affected_by_vulnerabilities

vulnerability	VCID-5ycj-g4t7-hfd9

vulnerability	VCID-vd9d-qr6h-7ubz

resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/websockets@2.1

url pkg:pypi/websockets@2.2

purl pkg:pypi/websockets@2.2

is_vulnerable true

affected_by_vulnerabilities

vulnerability	VCID-5ycj-g4t7-hfd9

vulnerability	VCID-vd9d-qr6h-7ubz

resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/websockets@2.2

url pkg:pypi/websockets@2.3

purl pkg:pypi/websockets@2.3

is_vulnerable true

affected_by_vulnerabilities

vulnerability	VCID-5ycj-g4t7-hfd9

vulnerability	VCID-vd9d-qr6h-7ubz

resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/websockets@2.3

url pkg:pypi/websockets@2.4

purl pkg:pypi/websockets@2.4

is_vulnerable true

affected_by_vulnerabilities

vulnerability	VCID-5ycj-g4t7-hfd9

vulnerability	VCID-vd9d-qr6h-7ubz

resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/websockets@2.4

url pkg:pypi/websockets@2.5

purl pkg:pypi/websockets@2.5

is_vulnerable true

affected_by_vulnerabilities

vulnerability	VCID-5ycj-g4t7-hfd9

vulnerability	VCID-vd9d-qr6h-7ubz

resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/websockets@2.5

url pkg:pypi/websockets@2.6

purl pkg:pypi/websockets@2.6

is_vulnerable true

affected_by_vulnerabilities

vulnerability	VCID-5ycj-g4t7-hfd9

vulnerability	VCID-vd9d-qr6h-7ubz

resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/websockets@2.6

url pkg:pypi/websockets@2.7

purl pkg:pypi/websockets@2.7

is_vulnerable true

affected_by_vulnerabilities

vulnerability	VCID-5ycj-g4t7-hfd9

vulnerability	VCID-vd9d-qr6h-7ubz

resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/websockets@2.7

url pkg:pypi/websockets@3.0

purl pkg:pypi/websockets@3.0

is_vulnerable true

affected_by_vulnerabilities

vulnerability	VCID-5ycj-g4t7-hfd9

vulnerability	VCID-vd9d-qr6h-7ubz

resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/websockets@3.0

url pkg:pypi/websockets@3.1

purl pkg:pypi/websockets@3.1

is_vulnerable true

affected_by_vulnerabilities

vulnerability	VCID-5ycj-g4t7-hfd9

vulnerability	VCID-vd9d-qr6h-7ubz

resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/websockets@3.1

url pkg:pypi/websockets@3.2

purl pkg:pypi/websockets@3.2

is_vulnerable true

affected_by_vulnerabilities

vulnerability	VCID-5ycj-g4t7-hfd9

vulnerability	VCID-vd9d-qr6h-7ubz

resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/websockets@3.2

url pkg:pypi/websockets@3.3

purl pkg:pypi/websockets@3.3

is_vulnerable true

affected_by_vulnerabilities

vulnerability	VCID-5ycj-g4t7-hfd9

vulnerability	VCID-vd9d-qr6h-7ubz

resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/websockets@3.3

url pkg:pypi/websockets@3.4

purl pkg:pypi/websockets@3.4

is_vulnerable true

affected_by_vulnerabilities

vulnerability	VCID-5ycj-g4t7-hfd9

vulnerability	VCID-vd9d-qr6h-7ubz

resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/websockets@3.4

url pkg:pypi/websockets@4.0

purl pkg:pypi/websockets@4.0

is_vulnerable true

affected_by_vulnerabilities

vulnerability	VCID-5ycj-g4t7-hfd9

vulnerability	VCID-vd9d-qr6h-7ubz

resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/websockets@4.0

url pkg:pypi/websockets@4.0.1

purl pkg:pypi/websockets@4.0.1

is_vulnerable true

affected_by_vulnerabilities

vulnerability	VCID-5ycj-g4t7-hfd9

vulnerability	VCID-vd9d-qr6h-7ubz

resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/websockets@4.0.1

References

reference_url

https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-1000518

reference_id

reference_type

scores

value	0.00168
scoring_system	epss
scoring_elements	0.37932
published_at	2026-06-13T12:55:00Z

value	0.00168
scoring_system	epss
scoring_elements	0.37728
published_at	2026-06-11T12:55:00Z

value	0.00168
scoring_system	epss
scoring_elements	0.37906
published_at	2026-06-12T12:55:00Z

value	0.00168
scoring_system	epss
scoring_elements	0.37919
published_at	2026-06-14T12:55:00Z

url

https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-1000518

reference_url

https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets

reference_id

reference_type

scores

value	7.5
scoring_system	cvssv3.1
scoring_elements	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

value	8.7
scoring_system	cvssv4
scoring_elements	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

value	HIGH
scoring_system	generic_textual
scoring_elements

url

https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets

reference_url

https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/pull/407

reference_id

reference_type

scores

value	7.5
scoring_system	cvssv3.1
scoring_elements	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

value	8.7
scoring_system	cvssv4
scoring_elements	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

value	HIGH
scoring_system	generic_textual
scoring_elements

url

https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/pull/407

reference_url

https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/websockets/PYSEC-2018-79.yaml

reference_id

reference_type

scores

value	7.5
scoring_system	cvssv3.1
scoring_elements	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

value	8.7
scoring_system	cvssv4
scoring_elements	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

value	HIGH
scoring_system	generic_textual
scoring_elements

url

https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/websockets/PYSEC-2018-79.yaml

reference_url

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000518

reference_id

CVE-2018-1000518

reference_type

scores

value	7.5
scoring_system	cvssv3.1
scoring_elements	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

value	8.7
scoring_system	cvssv4
scoring_elements	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

value	HIGH
scoring_system	generic_textual
scoring_elements

url

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000518

reference_url

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6g87-ff9q-v847

reference_id

GHSA-6g87-ff9q-v847

reference_type

scores

value	HIGH
scoring_system	cvssv3.1_qr
scoring_elements

url

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6g87-ff9q-v847

Weaknesses

cwe_id	400
name	Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
description	The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

cwe_id	937
name	OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
description	Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013.

cwe_id	1035
name	OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
description	Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017.

Exploits

Severity_range_score 7.0 - 8.9

Exploitability 0.5

Weighted_severity 8.0

Risk_score 4.0

Resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-5ycj-g4t7-hfd9

Vulnerability Instance