Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-63383, CVE-2026-63384
* SECURITY UPDATE: integer overflow in evtag_unmarshal_header() - debian/patches/CVE-2026-63384.patch: reject payload lengths above INT_MAX in event_tagging.c, include/event2/tag.h - CVE-2026-63384 * SECURITY UPDATE: out-of-bounds read in decode_tag_internal() - debian/patches/CVE-2026-63383.patch: bound the tag decoding loop by the pulled-up length instead of the full buffer length in event_tagging.c - CVE-2026-63383
- Products
- libevent-2.1-6, libevent-core-2.1-6, libevent-dev, libevent-extra-2.1-6, libevent-openssl-2.1-6, libevent-pthreads-2.1-6
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.1.8-stable-4build1+tuxcare.els1
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-63383, CVE-2026-63384
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 11:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-63383, CVE-2026-63384
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 24 Sept 2026, 12:12 UTC
* SECURITY UPDATE: integer overflow in evtag_unmarshal_header() - debian/patches/CVE-2026-63384.patch: reject payload lengths above INT_MAX in event_tagging.c, include/event2/tag.h - CVE-2026-63384 * SECURITY UPDATE: out-of-bounds read in decode_tag_internal() - debian/patches/CVE-2026-63383.patch: bound the tag decoding loop by the pulled-up length instead of the full buffer length in event_tagging.c - CVE-2026-63383
osv:CLSA-2026-1790251955
libevent-2.1-6
Fixed versions: 2.1.8-stable-4build1+tuxcare.els1
libevent-core-2.1-6
Fixed versions: 2.1.8-stable-4build1+tuxcare.els1
libevent-dev
Fixed versions: 2.1.8-stable-4build1+tuxcare.els1
libevent-extra-2.1-6
Fixed versions: 2.1.8-stable-4build1+tuxcare.els1
libevent-openssl-2.1-6
Fixed versions: 2.1.8-stable-4build1+tuxcare.els1
libevent-pthreads-2.1-6
Fixed versions: 2.1.8-stable-4build1+tuxcare.els1
Complete source record
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