CVE-2014-6272
libevent: potential heap overflow in buffer/bufferevent APIs
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · January 5, 2015
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in the libevent's evbuffer API. An attacker able to make an application pass an excessively long input to the libevent via evbuffer API could use this flaws to make application enter an infinite loop, crash, and, possibly, execute arbitrary code.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 5.1AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound