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…

published March 15, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
5%
Percentile
92.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.05208 · 92.5th percentile
Published
2017-03-15T15:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 MAR 15:00Z
    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…
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