Denial of Service Vulnerability in libtorrent's parse_chunk_header Function

CVE-2016-5301 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The parse_chunk_header function in libtorrent before 1.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) HTTP response or possibly a (2) UPnP broadcast.

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