CVE-2016-10196 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the libevent library, specifically within the evutil_parse_sockaddr_port function, affecting products like Debian and Mozilla. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, allowing unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service through a segmentation fault. Despite its high severity, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libevent_project:libevent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 45.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 53.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
52.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:52.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.