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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-15T15:00:00

Updated: 2018-06-11T20:57:01

Reserved: 2017-02-01T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2016-10196

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-03-15T15:59:00.437

Modified: 2022-01-31T17:38:26.500


Link: CVE-2016-10196

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