CVE-2026-63381
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
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.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.8
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-20 18:16:35.530000
Last modified
2026-10-26 10:10:00.140000
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"id": "CVE-2026-63381",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-08-20T18:16:35.530",
"lastModified": "2026-10-26T10:10:00.140",
"vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
"cveTags": [],
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"lang": "en",
"value": "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."
},
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"value": "Libevent es una biblioteca de notificación de eventos. Antes de las versiones 2.1.13 y 2.2.2-alpha, libevent tiene un uso después de liberación en buffer.c cuando evbuffer_add_buffer_reference procesa un búfer de salida cuyo out_total_len es cero. evbuffer_free_all_chains libera la cadena vacía inicial sin restablecer outbuf -> first, outbuf -> last, o outbuf -> last_with_datap, y APPEND_CHAIN_MULTICAST posteriormente desreferencia el puntero de cadena colgante. Un llamador que puede impulsar este estado del búfer puede causar corrupción de memoria o un fallo del proceso. Este problema está solucionado en las versiones 2.1.13 y 2.2.2-alpha."
}
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"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
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"vendor": "libevent",
"product": "libevent",
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"status": "affected"
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"type": "Secondary",
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"vectorString": "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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
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"exploitMaturity": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"availabilityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
"modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"modifiedUserInteraction": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
"valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
"description": [
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"references": [
{
"url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/5cb95ba2f804f8aff46f88d58391c71e1251cd1c",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/9db091b04f569be3a700fa9860ef02f90b830af9",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/tag/release-2.1.13-stable",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/tag/release-2.2.2-alpha",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/security/advisories/GHSA-c2pj-cg4r-88c8",
"source": "[email protected]"
}
]
}