VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-10519
A security issue was found in bittorrent-dht before 5.1.3 that allows someone to send a specific series of messages to a listening peer and get it to reveal internal memory.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.64%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A security issue was found in bittorrent-dht before 5.1.3 that allows someone to send a specific series of messages to a listening peer and get it to reveal internal memory.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.64% probability · 75th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-201, CWE-200
- Affected
- webtorrent/bittorrent-dht
- Source
- support@hackerone.com
References
- https://github.com/feross/bittorrent-dht/issues/87Third Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/68Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/feross/bittorrent-dht/issues/87Third Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/68Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.