CVE-2016-10195
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10195
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10195.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-10195
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-03-15T15:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-15T07:58:34.197788Z
- Severity
-
- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The nameparse function in evdns.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving the labellen variable, which triggers an out-of-bounds stack read.
- References
-
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3789
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96014
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/96f64a022014a208105ead6c8a7066018449d86d
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/317
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01
Affected packages
Git / github.com/libevent/libevent
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
Affected versions
release-1.*
release-1.1b
release-2.*
release-2.0.1-alpha
release-2.0.10-stable
release-2.0.11-stable
release-2.0.12-stable
release-2.0.13-stable
release-2.0.14-stable
release-2.0.15-stable
release-2.0.16-stable
release-2.0.17-stable
release-2.0.18-stable
release-2.0.19-stable
release-2.0.20-stable
release-2.0.21-stable
release-2.0.3-alpha
release-2.0.4-alpha
release-2.0.5-beta
release-2.0.6-rc
release-2.0.7-rc
release-2.0.8-rc
release-2.0.9-rc
release-2.1.1-alpha
release-2.1.2-alpha
release-2.1.3-alpha
release-2.1.4-alpha
release-2.1.5-beta
Database specific
vanir_signatures
[
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"signature_type": "Function",
"id": "CVE-2016-10195-3b821893",
"source": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/96f64a022014a208105ead6c8a7066018449d86d",
"signature_version": "v1",
"target": {
"function": "name_parse",
"file": "evdns.c"
},
"digest": {
"function_hash": "230810917948425696078014435790478542403",
"length": 877.0
},
"deprecated": false
},
{
"signature_type": "Line",
"id": "CVE-2016-10195-87e11fd7",
"source": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/96f64a022014a208105ead6c8a7066018449d86d",
"signature_version": "v1",
"target": {
"file": "evdns.c"
},
"digest": {
"threshold": 0.9,
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]
},
"deprecated": false
}
]