CVE-2016-10933
Source code is downloaded over cleartext HTTP in portaudio
An issue was discovered in the portaudio crate through 0.7.0 for Rust. There is a man-in-the-middle issue because the source code is downloaded over cleartext HTTP.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in the portaudio crate through 0.7.0 for Rust. There is a man-in-the-middle issue because the source code is downloaded over cleartext HTTP.
- Record
CVE-2016-10933- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-254
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in the portaudio crate through 0.7.0 for Rust. There is a man-in-the-middle issue because the source code is downloaded over cleartext HTTP.
- Record
CVE-2016-10933- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-1827 No score
An issue was discovered in the portaudio crate through 0.7.0 for Rust. There is a man-in-the-middle issue because the source code is downloaded over cleartext HTTP.
- Record
EUVD-2021-1827- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pq6v-x7gp-7776
Source code is downloaded over cleartext HTTP in portaudio
An issue was discovered in the portaudio crate through 0.7.0 for Rust. There is a man-in-the-middle issue because the source code is downloaded over cleartext HTTP.
- Record
GHSA-pq6v-x7gp-7776- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-pq6v-x7gp-7776
Source code is downloaded over cleartext HTTP in portaudio
An issue was discovered in the portaudio crate through 0.7.0 for Rust. There is a man-in-the-middle issue because the source code is downloaded over cleartext HTTP.
- Record
GHSA-pq6v-x7gp-7776- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRUSTSEC-2016-0003
HTTP download and execution allows MitM RCE
The build script in the portaudio crate will attempt to download via HTTP the portaudio source and build it.
A Mallory in the middle can intercept the download with their own archive and get RCE.
- Record
RUSTSEC-2016-0003- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-10933 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Portaudio Project Portaudio, published August 1, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.08%, the 65th percentile. No source names a fixed version.