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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-63388

Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent has a heap out-of-bounds write in bufferevent_sock.c when buffere...

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Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent has a heap out-of-bounds write in bufferevent_sock.c when bufferevent_socket_set_conn_address_ copies a kernel-supplied AF_UNIX peer address into bufferevent_private.conn_address. Release builds compiled with NDEBUG disable the EVUTIL_ASSERT length guard, and the evhttp accept path can pass a 110-byte sockaddr from accept() into the 28-byte field. An unauthenticated local peer able to connect to an AF_UNIX listener can overwrite the adjacent dns_request pointer and heap data, causing memory corruption with confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 libevent
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.1.12-stable-8+deb12u1"}]}]
Debian:13 libevent
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.1.13-stable-1~deb13u1"}]}]
Debian:14 libevent
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.1.13-stable-1"}]}]

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