CVE-2026-63383
Published:August 20, 2026
Updated:September 24, 2026
Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent can read beyond a contiguous evbuffer region in event_tagging.c when decode_tag_internal requests at most five bytes from evbuffer_pullup but iterates using the full logical buffer length. A fragmented evbuffer containing a six-byte malformed tag can therefore advance past the pullup window and trigger an out-of-bounds read, which can crash a process that decodes attacker-controlled tagged RPC data. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/libevent/libevent.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=release-2.0.22-stable <release-2.1.13-stableFix Suggestion:
Update to version release-2.1.13-stablehttps://github.com/libevent/libevent.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) =release-2.2.1-alpha <release-2.2.2-alphaFix Suggestion:
Update to version release-2.2.2-alphaRelated Resources (7)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Out-of-bounds Read
EPSS
Base Score:
0.38