CVE-2016-5301

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 86.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-06-30 17:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:00Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-06-04

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b1f385f89f0a4a2fdeed6cc7e94069070439fc13b02b922fc3e3b53b4d058ae0

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160604 Re: Libtorrent http_parser.cpp denial of servicehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/05/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1683http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00103.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securityfocus.com91498http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91498vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160604 Libtorrent http_parser.cpp denial of servicehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/9mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/pull/782/filesx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/issues/780x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2283http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00043.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1635http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00079.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE