CVE-2026-63383 PUBLISHED

Libevent: decode_tag_internal() can lead to out-of-bounds read

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 can read beyond a contiguous evbuffer region in event_tagging.c when decode_tag_internal requests at most five bytes from evbuffer_pullup but iterates using the full logical buffer length. A fragmented evbuffer containing a six-byte malformed tag can therefore advance past the pullup window and trigger an out-of-bounds read, which can crash a process that decodes attacker-controlled tagged RPC data. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

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-125: Out-of-bounds Read CWE