CVE-2016-7164

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-7164
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-07T15:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-02-13T21:55:22
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:libtorrent:libtorrent:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/pull/1022 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/issues/1021 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/7 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92891 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7164
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7164
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:48:55 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:41:13 2017-02-07T15:59Z 2017-02-07T15:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:41:13 2017-02-13T21:55:22 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:41:13 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated