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Vulnerability details: VCID-7q4v-s6qr-aaac
Vulnerability ID VCID-7q4v-s6qr-aaac
Aliases CVE-2016-10196
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-10196.html
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-10196.json
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1418611
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10195
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10196
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10197
cvssv2 4.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10196
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10196
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10196
generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3228-1
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3278-1
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10
generic_textual Low https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13
generic_textual Low https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/
generic_textual Low http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-10196.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-10196.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-10196
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1343453
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10195
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10196
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10197
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLog
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/329acc18a0768c21ba22522f01a5c7f46cacc4d5
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/318
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3228-1
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3278-1
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3789
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96014
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
1418611 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1418611
854092 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854092
cpe:2.3:a:libevent_project:libevent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:libevent_project:libevent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:52.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:52.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:52.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:52.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-10196 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10196
GLSA-201802-03 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201802-03
mfsa2017-10 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10
mfsa2017-11 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11
mfsa2017-12 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12
mfsa2017-13 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13
USN-3228-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3228-1/
USN-3278-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3278-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-10196.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10196
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10196
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10196
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.72777
EPSS Score 0.00384
Published At Dec. 17, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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