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MitreCVE-2016-10195

HistoryMar 15, 2017 - 3:59 p.m.

CVE-2016-10195

2017-03-1515:59:00

CWE-125

mitre

web.nvd.nist.gov

111

cve-2016-10195

nvd

libevent

evdns.c

name_parse function

stack read

remote attack

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

9.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.006

Percentile

79.4%

JSON

The name_parse function in evdns.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving the label_len variable, which triggers an out-of-bounds stack read.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

libevent_projectlibeventRange≤2.1.5

Node

debiandebian_linuxMatch8.0

VendorProductVersionCPE
libevent_projectlibevent*cpe:2.3:a:libevent_project:libevent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debiandebian_linux8.0cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*