Bug 2520655 (CVE-2026-63387) - CVE-2026-63387 libevent: Libevent: Off-by-one stack buffer overflow leading to denial of service or data corruption
Summary: CVE-2026-63387 libevent: Libevent: Off-by-one stack buffer overflow leading t...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-63387
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2535511
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Reported: 2026-08-20 18:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-27 22:03 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2026:68390 0 None None None 2026-09-16 21:23:59 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2026:68772 0 None None None 2026-09-17 20:46:20 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2026:69286 0 None None None 2026-09-21 11:11:58 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2026:69411 0 None None None 2026-09-21 13:52:56 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2026:69920 0 None None None 2026-09-22 08:30:01 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2026:70231 0 None None None 2026-09-22 13:00:28 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:67908 0 None None None 2026-09-16 11:09:51 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:67909 0 None None None 2026-09-16 11:48:37 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:67910 0 None None None 2026-09-16 12:59:20 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:89197 0 None None None 2026-10-27 22:03:09 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-20 18:05:02 UTC
Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent has an off-by-one stack buffer overflow in evdns.c when dnsname_to_labels formats a name-bearing DNS record at the end of the 64 KB stack buffer allocated by evdns_server_request_format_response. The final-label check permits j plus label_len plus one to equal buf_len, after which the terminating null byte is written to buf[buf_len]. A crafted DNS server response containing PTR, CNAME, MX, NS, or SOA data can trigger the one-byte out-of-bounds write and crash or corrupt the process. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha.

Comment 1 Jon Orris 2026-09-16 11:09:50 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:67908 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67908

Comment 2 Jon Orris 2026-09-16 11:48:35 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:67909 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67909

Comment 3 Jon Orris 2026-09-16 12:59:18 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:67910 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67910

Comment 4 Jon Orris 2026-10-27 22:03:07 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22

Via RHSA-2026:89197 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89197


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