CVE-2016-10519

Q: How do I fix CVE-2016-10519?

Upgrade bittorrent-dht to 5.1.3 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2016-10519 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2016-10519 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.6% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2016-10519?

CVE-2016-10519 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2016-10519 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for bittorrent-dht (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGHEPSS 74th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-201 CWE-200Information Exposure

How to fix

Remediation Available

bittorrent-dhtNVD

Affected:< 5.1.3Fixed in:5.1.3CVE-2016-10519derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.64%probability of exploitation in 30 days

74thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 74% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-201 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-60188	High	7.5	3.5%	-	-
CVE-2017-16026	Medium	5.9	2.6%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-27779	Medium	5.3	2.6%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-2582	Medium	6.5	2.5%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-26085	Critical	9.9	2.2%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-32825	High	7.5	2.0%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2016-10519?

Upgrade bittorrent-dht to 5.1.3 or later.

Is CVE-2016-10519 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2016-10519 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.6% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2016-10519?

CVE-2016-10519 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2016-10519 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for bittorrent-dht (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.