Service interrupt via signed length truncation
Published Aug 20, 2026 · Updated Aug 20, 2026
Integer overflow in Libevent before 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha allows remote attackers to interrupt service via crafted tag lengths. In event_tagging.c, evtag_unmarshal_header() decodes an attacker-controlled uint32 payload length with evtag_decode_int() and returns it as int, so values above INT_MAX become negative or truncated before evtag_unmarshal_string() uses them in allocation sizing. Reachability requires an application to accept attacker-supplied evtag or evrpc messages; the published proof of concept shows oversized lengths triggering a wrapped allocation request and memory-exhaustion failure rather than code execution.
Summary
What happened
Integer overflow in Libevent before 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha allows remote attackers to interrupt service via crafted tag lengths. In event_tagging.c, evtag_unmarshal_header() decodes an attacker-controlled uint32 payload length with evtag_decode_int() and returns it as int, so values above INT_MAX become negative or truncated before evtag_unmarshal_string() uses them in allocation sizing. Reachability requires an application to accept attacker-supplied evtag or evrpc messages; the published proof of concept shows oversized lengths triggering a wrapped allocation request and memory-exhaustion failure rather than code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-63384
- Published
- Aug 20, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 20, 2026
- Vendor
- Libevent
- Product
- Libevent
- Classifications
- CWE-190, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 20, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=< 2.1.13
- Affected versionversion=>= 2.2.0-alpha, < 2.2.2-alpha
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- GHSA-45c6-qx49-89m8 PoC for evtag length truncationproof of concept · demonstrated
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