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CVE-2016-10196
Stack-based buffer overflow in the evutil_parse_sockaddr_port function in evutil.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows attackers to cause…
High7.5EPSS 5.2%
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Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the evutil_parse_sockaddr_port function in evutil.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via vectors involving a long string in brackets in the ip_as_string argument.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.5% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (17)
- 96014 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1106 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201705-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/ (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://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1343453 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/318 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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/329acc18a0768c21ba22522f01a5c7f46cacc4d5 (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)
Record last updated .