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CVE-2016-10195

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 6.68% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-03-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.

CVE
CVE-2016-10195
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
6.68%

Original Filing — NVD Description

The name_parse function in evdns.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving the label_len variable, which triggers an out-of-bounds stack read.