USN-8710-1: libevent Ubuntu

Vulnerability summary

USN-8710-1 is a vulnerability in libevent Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Timeline

1. 01-09-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 02-09-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

libevent vulnerabilities Alexis Challande discovered that libevent incorrectly handled certain empty output buffers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger a use-after-free, resulting in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-63381) Rajat Raghav discovered that libevent incorrectly handled certain HTTP requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to desynchronize HTTP request boundaries, resulting in HTTP request smuggling. (CVE-2026-63382) Qiu Sihao discovered that libevent incorrectly handled certain malformed tagged RPC data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger an out-of-bounds read, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-63383) Qiu Sihao discovered that libevent incorrectly handled certain large payload lengths in tagged RPC data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to consume excessive system resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-63384) Asaf Meizner discovered that libevent incorrectly handled certain HTTP URIs and header values. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause HTTP messages to be interpreted inconsistently, resulting in security restrictions being bypassed. (CVE-2026-63385)

No weakness data has been published for this record.