CVE-2016-5301 — Improper Input Validation in Libtorrent-rasterbar

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation8 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Debian Libtorrent-rasterbarArvidn LibtorrentOpensuse Leap+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 30
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The parse_chunk_header function in libtorrent before 1.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) HTTP response or possibly a (2) UPnP broadcast.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/libtorrent-rasterbar< libtorrent-rasterbar 1.1.0-1 (bookworm)
▶NVDopensuse/leap42.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pwqc-6qvc-cw6x: The parse_chunk_header function in libtorrent before 1↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2016-5301: The parse_chunk_header function in libtorrent before 1↗2016-06-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
libtorrent vulnerability↗2021-03-15
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Debian
CVE-2016-5301: libtorrent-rasterbar - The parse_chunk_header function in libtorrent before 1.1.1 allows remote attacke...↗2016
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5301 libtorrent: Crash while parsing invalid chunked HTTP or UPnP response [epel-all]↗2016-06-07
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5301 libtorrent: Crash while parsing invalid chunked HTTP or UPnP response [fedora-all]↗2016-06-07
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5301 libtorrent: Crash while parsing invalid chunked HTTP or UPnP response↗2016-06-07
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