CVE-2016-10195

critical
Published 2017-03-15 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10195

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/317

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/96f64a022014a208105ead6c8a7066018449d86d

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLog

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10195.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.0.21-stable-3
debian debianbullseyefixed2.0.21-stable-3
debian debianforkyfixed2.0.21-stable-3
debian debiansidfixed2.0.21-stable-3
debian debiantrixiefixed2.0.21-stable-3
debian debian8.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
libevent_projectlibevent{"endIncluding":"2.1.5"}

References

CWEs

CWE-125

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.