CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7164
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The construct function in puff.cpp in Libtorrent 1.1.0 allows remote torrent trackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted GZIP response.
Affected configurations
• libtorrent libtorrent 1.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92891 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/issues/1021 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/pull/1022 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92891 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/issues/1021 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/pull/1022 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory