PT-2017-9097

CVE-2016-7164

·

Published

2016-09-25

·

Updated

2020-12-02

Description by

CVSS 3.1
7.5
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Libtorrent version 1.1.0
Description The issue allows remote torrent trackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a segmentation fault and crash, by sending a crafted GZIP response. This is due to a problem in the construct function in puff.cpp.
Recommendations For Libtorrent version 1.1.0, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as the current version is affected. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2020-3441
MGASA-2016-0320
Found an issue in the description? Have something to add? Feel free to write us 👾