CVE-2015-6525 describes multiple integer overflows in the Libevent evbuffer API (versions 2.0.x before 2.0.22 and 2.1.x before 2.1.5-beta), affecting Debian Linux and Libevent. These overflows, triggered by "insanely large inputs" to functions like evbuffer_add, can lead to denial of service via heap-based buffer overflows or infinite loops. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, allowing unauthenticated attackers over a network to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libevent_project:libevent:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libevent_project:libevent:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libevent_project:libevent:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libevent_project:libevent:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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