CVE-2016-5301: Arvidn Libtorrent

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Arvidn Libtorrent: up to and including 1.1
• Opensuse Leap: version 42.1 only
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.2 only

Published 2016-06-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.