CVE-2016-5301

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-06-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

Arvidn Libtorrent: through 1.1
openSUSE Leap: 42.1
Opensuse: 13.2

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00079.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00103.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00043.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/05/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91498
https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/issues/780
https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/pull/782/files
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00079.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00103.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00043.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/9

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