CVE-2026-63381 PUBLISHED

Libevent: Dangling Pointer in `evbuffer_add_buffer_reference`

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 16.07.2026 Published: 20.08.2026 Updated: 20.08.2026

Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent has a use-after-free in buffer.c when evbuffer_add_buffer_reference processes an output buffer whose out_total_len is zero. evbuffer_free_all_chains frees the initial empty chain without resetting outbuf->first, outbuf->last, or outbuf->last_with_datap, and APPEND_CHAIN_MULTICAST subsequently dereferences the dangling chain pointer. A caller that can drive this buffer state can cause memory corruption or a process crash. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 5.8

Product Status

Vendor libevent
Product libevent
Versions
  • Version >= 2.2.0-alpha, < 2.2.2-alpha is affected
  • Version < 2.1.13 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-908: Use of Uninitialized Resource CWE