Multiple integer overflows in the evbuffer API in Libevent 2.0.x before 2.0.22 and 2.1.x before 2.1.5-beta allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impact via "insanely large inputs" to the (1) evbuffer_add, (2) evbuffer_prepend, (3) evbuffer_expand, (4) exbuffer_reserve_space, or (5) evbuffer_read function, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow or an infinite loop. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT from CVE-2014-6272 per ADT3 due to different affected versions.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade libevent-docUpgrade libevent-develUpgrade libeventUpgrade libevent-debuginfo | Apr 27, 2020 | Aug 24, 2015 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade libevent | Jul 30, 2024 | Aug 24, 2015 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade libevent | Dec 4, 2019 | Aug 24, 2015 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Aug 24, 2015 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libevent | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 24, 2015 |
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