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CVE-2016-10195
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-15T15:59:00.390 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:39:15.480

Summary

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 products

libevent_project — libevent

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References

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