7.8 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
6.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.047 Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.7%
Niels Provos libevent 1.2 and 1.2a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a DNS response containing a label pointer that references its own offset.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
niels_provos:libevent | niels provos libevent | eq | 1.2 |
niels_provos:libevent | niels provos libevent | eq | 1.2a |