{"id":"USN-2477-1","summary":"libevent vulnerability","details":"Andrew Bartlett discovered that libevent incorrectly handled large inputs\nto the evbuffer API. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with\nan application that uses libevent to cause a denial of service, or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:07:22.329956Z","published":"2015-01-19T14:53:22Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6272","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6525"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-6272","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6272"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2477-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6272"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libevent","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libevent@2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.1"}]}],"versions":["2.0.21-stable-1","2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libevent-2.0-5","binary_version":"2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libevent-core-2.0-5","binary_version":"2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libevent-extra-2.0-5","binary_version":"2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libevent-openssl-2.0-5","binary_version":"2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libevent-pthreads-2.0-5","binary_version":"2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2014-6272","severity":[{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2477-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}