CVE-2016-10681 affects roslib-socketio, a fork of the standard ROS Javascript Library, and robotwebtools roslibjs. The vulnerability stems from its practice of downloading binary resources over unencrypted HTTP, making it susceptible to Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacks. This flaw carries a high severity CVSS score of 8.1, indicating a high potential for remote code execution (RCE) if an attacker can intercept and swap requested resources. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.18.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:robotwebtools:roslibjs:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.