VDB
CVE-2016-10196
CVE-2016-10196
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 1.70% · 82.6th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
1.70%
82.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | libevent | 2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1, 0, 2.0.21-stable-1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | firefox | 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 41.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 43.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | libevent | 0, 2.0.21-stable-2 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | thunderbird | 1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 1:38.3.0+build1-0ubuntu2, 1:38.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | thunderbird | 1:31.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | firefox | 42.0+build2-0ubuntu1, 44.0+build3-0ubuntu2, 44.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Dec 31, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10196 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3228-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/ third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3278-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10196 third-party-advisory