CVE-2016-10195
highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.067 · 94 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (3)
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references (36)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7cnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201cnnvd
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLogcnnvd
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/96f64a022014a208105ead6c8a7066018449d86dcnnvd
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