CVE-2014-6272

libevent: potential heap overflow in buffer/bufferevent APIs

Published Aug 24, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the evbuffer API in Libevent 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 2.0.x before 2.0.22, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5-beta allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impact via "insanely large inputs" to the (1) evbuffer_add, (2) evbuffer_expand, or (3) bufferevent_write function, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow or an infinite loop. NOTE: this identifier has been SPLIT per ADT3 due to different affected versions. See CVE-2015-6525 for the functions that are only affected in 2.0 and later.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-137-1 libevent security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3119-1 libevent security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-6158 Multiple integer overflows in the evbuffer API in Libevent 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 2.0.x before 2.0.22, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5-beta allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impact via "insanely large inputs" to the (1) evbuffer_add, (2) evbuffer_expand, or (3) bufferevent_write function, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow or an infinite loop. NOTE: this identifier has been SPLIT per ADT3 due to different affected versions. See CVE-2015-6525 for the functions that are only affected in 2.0 and later.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2477-1 libevent vulnerability
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00513}

epss

{'score': 0.01085}

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
debian
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 12:10 PM
Reserved
Sep 9, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 24, 2015, 2:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:12 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 5, 2015, 12:00 AM