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CVE-2016-10196

Date: March 15, 2017

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (23)

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-10196

Url: https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLog

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-10196

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96014

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1343453

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104

Url: https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106

Url: https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/318

Url: https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/329acc18a0768c21ba22522f01a5c7f46cacc4d5

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3789

Url: https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/

Url: https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/

Url: https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10196

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10196

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10196

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-10196

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2016-10196

Date: March 15, 2017

Language: C

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