Name: CVE-2016-5301: Improper Input Validation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-5301, CWE-20, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.01948

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade libtorrent-rasterbar	Mar 31, 2017	Jun 11, 2016
Freebsd	—	Upgrade libtorrent-rasterbar	Dec 10, 2025	Jun 30, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade libtorrent-rasterbar7Upgrade python-libtorrent-rasterbarUpgrade libtorrent-rasterbar-docUpgrade python-libtorrent-rasterbar-debuginfoUpgrade libtorrent-rasterbar-debugsourceUpgrade libtorrent-rasterbar8-debuginfoUpgrade libtorrent-rasterbar7-debuginfoUpgrade libtorrent-rasterbar-develUpgrade libtorrent-rasterbar8	Jun 21, 2016	Jun 20, 2016
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade python-libtorrent (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3-libtorrent (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libtorrent-rasterbar7 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libtorrent-rasterbar8 (Ubuntu Pro)	Mar 22, 2023	Jun 30, 2016

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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