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CVE-2016-10195 (GCVE-0-2016-10195)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-15 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:14
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Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-01-31 00:00
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}



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