CVE-2016-10665

CVE-2016-10665

Vendor Hackerone
Product herbivore node module
Weakness CWE-311 · Missing encryption
Published June 4, 2018
Last update September 16, 2024

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

herbivore is a packet sniffing and crafting library. Built on libtins herbivore 0.0.3 and below download binary resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested resources with an attacker controlled copy if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 4, 2018 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated