VYPR
High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 15, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-10197

CVE-2016-10197

Description

The search_make_new function in evdns.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via an empty hostname.

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