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Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-63383, CVE-2026-63384

Type: advisorySources: OSV

* 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 source

Published 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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