Remote Memory Disclosure in bittorrent-dht

Also known as GHSA-77g4-36jp-5v3m

Published 8 y ago 2018-05-31 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.5

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.6%

percentile 76%

Public exploits

none known

A security issue was found in bittorrent-dht before 5.1.3 that allows someone to send a specific series of messages to a listening peer and get it to reveal internal memory.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.61% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`
NVD	2.0	5.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
npm	`bittorrent-dht`	<5.1.3	5.1.3

Affected products

HackerOne bittorrent-dht node module

Classification

Weakness

CWE-201 Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

nodesecurity.io /advisories/68 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
github.com /feross/bittorrent-dht/issues/87 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10519 · advisory
npmjs.com /advisories/68 · web

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-10519
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-77g4-36jp-5v3m
NVD: CVE-2016-10519

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Summary