CVE-2026-63381

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLibevent
PublishedAug 20, 2026
First seenAug 20, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-908CWE-908

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
libevent libevent>= 2.2.0-alpha, < 2.2.2-alpha, < 2.1.13—

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