CVE-2016-10196

Stack-based buffer overflow in the evutil_parse_sockaddr_port function in evutil.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via vectors involving a long string in brackets in the ip_as_string argument.
References
Link Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3789 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96014 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1343453 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLog Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/329acc18a0768c21ba22522f01a5c7f46cacc4d5 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/318 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01 Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3789 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96014 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1343453 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLog Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/329acc18a0768c21ba22522f01a5c7f46cacc4d5 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/318 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01 Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/ Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:libevent_project:libevent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:52.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2017-03-15 15:59

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37


NVD link : CVE-2016-10196

Mitre link : CVE-2016-10196

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-10196


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

mozilla

  • thunderbird
  • firefox_esr
  • firefox

libevent_project

  • libevent
CWE
CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write