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Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000
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| Description | Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent has a heap out-of-bounds write in bufferevent_sock.c when bufferevent_socket_set_conn_address_ copies a kernel-supplied AF_UNIX peer address into bufferevent_private.conn_address. Release builds compiled with NDEBUG disable the EVUTIL_ASSERT length guard, and the evhttp accept path can pass a 110-byte sockaddr from accept() into the 28-byte field. An unauthenticated local peer able to connect to an AF_UNIX listener can overwrite the adjacent dns_request pointer and heap data, causing memory corruption with confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha. | |
| Title | Libevent: Heap out-of-bounds write in bufferevent_socket_set_conn_address_ reachable via AF_UNIX accept | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-617 CWE-787 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-20T17:44:18.435Z
Reserved: 2026-07-16T17:39:30.171Z
Link: CVE-2026-63388
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-20T18:16:36.893
Modified: 2026-08-20T18:16:36.893
Link: CVE-2026-63388
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