CVE-2016-10197

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=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
2017-03-15T15:59:00.500Z
Modified
2026-05-18T13:46:33.228671Z
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.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:libevent_project:libevent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.1.5"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "vendor_product": "libevent_project:libevent"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/libevent/libevent

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/libevent/libevent
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
a73fb2f443ebf9687ee6ca81a6401d1f3751683f
Fixed
ec65c42052d95d2c23d1d837136d1cf1d9ecef9e
Database specific 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "2.1.6-beta"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "DESCRIPTION",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

release-1.*
release-1.1b
release-2.*
release-2.0.1-alpha
release-2.0.10-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_modified 
"2026-05-18T13:46:33Z"
vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "id": "CVE-2016-10197-b53ea4fd",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
                "214367120580076081898697868452724967811",
                "164211120368855747282035090237193966170",
                "292021247077176379054083257543566590152",
                "112428809209276904449140038770404008020",
                "215075892714760528797634730112271143100"
            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "source": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/ec65c42052d95d2c23d1d837136d1cf1d9ecef9e",
        "target": {
            "file": "evdns.c"
        }
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10197.json"