CVE-2016-5301

HIGH 7.5CVE-2016-5301 · Published 30/06/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-5301 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting libtorrent (arvidn).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.8%, higher than 86.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
libtorrent arvidn	`≤ 1.1`	No fix yet

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.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00079.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00103.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00043.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/9
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/05/1
securityfocus.com/bid/91498
arvidn/libtorrent
arvidn/libtorrent#782

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