CVE-2016-10195
libevent: Stack-buffer overflow in the name_parse() function
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · January 27, 2016
Updated · May 13, 2026
Description
A vulnerability was found in libevent with the parsing of DNS requests and replies. An attacker could send a forged DNS response to an application using libevent which could lead to reading data out of bounds on the heap, potentially disclosing a small amount of application memory.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read