DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10195

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10195
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10195.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10195
Upstream
Published
2017-03-15T15:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:30Z
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libevent

Package

Name
libevent
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libevent?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.21-stable-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / libevent

Package

Name
libevent
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libevent?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.21-stable-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / libevent

Package

Name
libevent
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libevent?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.21-stable-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / libevent

Package

Name
libevent
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libevent?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.21-stable-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}