CriticalFix available
name_parse function in evdns
Type: advisorySources: OSV
Security vulnerability affects the libevent package. The name_parse function in evdns.
- Products
- libevent
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.1.8-r0
- CVEs
- CVE-2016-10195
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 28 Oct 2026, 09:29 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Security vulnerability affects the libevent package. The name_parse function in evdns.
osv:CLEANSTART-2024-EI97817
libevent
Fixed versions: 2.1.8-r0
Complete source record
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