CVE-2026-63381

Public on 2026-08-20
Modified on 2026-08-24
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 severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.6
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core compat-openmpi21 Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core libevent Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 libevent Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Core openmpi Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H