---
cve: "CVE-2016-10196"
severity: "LOW"
cvss: 3.1
epss: "5.2%"
vendor: "n/a"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2017-03-15 15:59:00"
tags: [cve, security, low]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-18T04:37:52+02:00"
---

# CVE-2016-10196

> 3.1 LOW · 🧪 PoC

## Beschreibung

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.

## Patch verfügbar (OSV)

- a73fb2f443ebf9687ee6ca81a6401d1f3751683f (Commit)
- 329acc18a0768c21ba22522f01a5c7f46cacc4d5 (Commit)

## Referenzen

- <http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96014>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106>
- <https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/>
- <http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3789>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7>
- <https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/>
- <https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01>
- <https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/>
- <https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17>
- <http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320>
- <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1343453>
- <https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/318>
- <https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLog>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104>

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_Exportiert aus dem [tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier](https://tsecurity.de/cve?cve=CVE-2016-10196) · Datenquellen: EUVD (ENISA), NVD, OSV, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Exploit-DB, BSI BITS_