CVE-2016-10197 PUBLISHED

The search_make_new function in evdns.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via an empty hostname.

EPSS 1.86% · 82.9th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
1.86%
82.9th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSthunderbird1:38.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1, 0, 1:38.3.0+build1-0ubuntu2
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlibevent0, 2.0.21-stable-2
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlibevent2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.1, 2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1, 2.0.21-stable-1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSthunderbird1:31.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 1:31.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 1:38.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSfirefox51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2, 52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 52.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSfirefox49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2, 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2, 50.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

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