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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

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

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

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

Original 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.