# CVE-2015-6525: Multiple integer overflows in the evbuffer API in Libevent 2.0.x before 2.0.22 and 2.1.x before 2.1.5-beta allow context-dependent attackers

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-08-24 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Multiple integer overflows in the evbuffer API in Libevent 2.0.x before 2.0.22 and 2.1.x before 2.1.5-beta allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impact via "insanely large inputs" to the (1) evbuffer_add, (2) evbuffer_prepend, (3) evbuffer_expand, (4) exbuffer_reserve_space, or (5) evbuffer_read function, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow or an infinite loop. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT from CVE-2014-6272 per ADT3 due to different affected versions.

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## References

- http://archives.seul.org/libevent/users/Jan-2015/msg00010.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3119

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