CVE-2016-10196

Stack-based buffer overflow in the evutil_parse_sockaddr_port function in evutil.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via vectors involving a long string in brackets in the ip_as_string argument.

CVSS v3.1

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

5.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 92th percentile

Published

2017-03-15

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• libevent/libevent/issues/318

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-10197
• CVE-2016-10191
• CVE-2016-10190
• CVE-2016-10204
• CVE-2016-10186
• CVE-2016-10211