CVE-2016-10197
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10197
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10197.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-10197
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-03-15T15:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-15T07:58:35.102277Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The searchmakenew function in evdns.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via an empty hostname.
- 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/ec65c42052d95d2c23d1d837136d1cf1d9ecef9e
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/332
- 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
[
{
"digest": {
"threshold": 0.9,
"line_hashes": [
"214367120580076081898697868452724967811",
"164211120368855747282035090237193966170",
"292021247077176379054083257543566590152",
"112428809209276904449140038770404008020",
"215075892714760528797634730112271143100"
]
},
"source": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/ec65c42052d95d2c23d1d837136d1cf1d9ecef9e",
"deprecated": false,
"signature_version": "v1",
"target": {
"file": "evdns.c"
},
"id": "CVE-2016-10197-b53ea4fd",
"signature_type": "Line"
}
]