DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10197

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10197
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10197.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10197
Upstream
Published
2017-03-15T15:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:32Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The searchmakenew function in evdns.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via an empty hostname.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libevent

Package

Name
libevent
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libevent?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.21-stable-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / libevent

Package

Name
libevent
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libevent?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.21-stable-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / libevent

Package

Name
libevent
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libevent?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.21-stable-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / libevent

Package

Name
libevent
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libevent?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.21-stable-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}