CVE-2016-10197 in libevent

Summary

The search_make_new 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.

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• Reservation: 02/01/2017
• Disclosure: 03/15/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-98130 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-125 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.4
• EPSS: 0.02420
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10197
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10197
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-10197/