Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 21, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2007-1030

Description

Niels Provos libevent 1.2 and 1.2a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a DNS response containing a label pointer that references its own offset.

Affected products

Niels Provos/Libevent2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:niels_provos:libevent:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:niels_provos:libevent:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:niels_provos:libevent:1.2a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/22606nvdPatch
secunia.com/advisories/24181nvdVendor Advisory
monkey.org/~provos/libevent/nvd
osvdb.org/33228nvd
securityreason.com/securityalert/2268nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460530/100/0/threadednvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0647nvd

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