CVE-2016-7164

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92891Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/issues/1021Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/pull/1022Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92891Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/issues/1021Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/pull/1022Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 7, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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