FKIE_CVE-2026-63388

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-20 18:16 - Updated: 2026-08-20 18:16
Severity
8.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/52057cb33d0c20c0a0453fbabe6c0c96854931b9
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/ef38f926e9cd1f082416c6fff13587bc1f431d72
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/tag/release-2.1.13-stable
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/tag/release-2.2.2-alpha
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/libevent/libevent/security/advisories/GHSA-cvq5-vrvr-j338
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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          "product": "libevent",
          "vendor": "libevent",
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": "\u003c 2.1.13"
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      "value": "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."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-63388",
  "lastModified": "2026-08-20T18:16:36.893",
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "LOCAL",
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          "baseScore": 8.4,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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          "value": "CWE-787"
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      ],
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "type": "Primary"
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}



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