USN-2477-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2477-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2477-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2477-1
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Published
2015-01-19T14:53:22.614562Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:05Z
Summary
libevent vulnerability
Details

Andrew Bartlett discovered that libevent incorrectly handled large inputs to the evbuffer API. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with an application that uses libevent to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libevent

Package

Name
libevent
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libevent@2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.21-stable-1
2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libevent-2.0-5",
            "binary_version": "2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libevent-core-2.0-5",
            "binary_version": "2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libevent-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libevent-extra-2.0-5",
            "binary_version": "2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libevent-openssl-2.0-5",
            "binary_version": "2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libevent-pthreads-2.0-5",
            "binary_version": "2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-6272"
        }
    ]
}