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CVE-2016-10195
The name_parse function in evdns.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving…
Critical9.8EPSS 6.7%
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- mitre
Description
The name_parse function in evdns.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving the label_len variable, which triggers an out-of-bounds stack read.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.7% · top 6.1% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (12)
- 96014 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1106 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3789 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170202 Re: Bugs fixed in libevent 2.1.6 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201705-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/317 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170131 Bugs fixed in libevent 2.1.6 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1038320 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1104 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/96f64a022014a208105ead6c8a7066018449d86d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1201 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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