CVE-2016-10519 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the bittorrent-dht library, specifically versions prior to 5.1.3, and consequently impacts products like webtorrent. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted series of messages to a listening peer, leading to the disclosure of internal memory contents. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in a high impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:webtorrent:bittorrent-dht:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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