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CVE-2016-10196

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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.

References

  • Advisories

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01

https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/329acc18a0768c21ba22522f01a5c7f46cacc4d5

https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLog

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1343453

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96014

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3789

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-15

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01539

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