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

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:14:42.884Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-10196

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

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

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

Link: CVE-2016-10196

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-01-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-10196 - Bugzilla