Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting libevent package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-LIBEVENT-2834189
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Jan 2016

Introduced: 27 Jan 2016

CVE-2016-10196  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 libevent.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libevent package and not the libevent package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1