CVE-2007-1030 json
Niels Provos libevent 1.2 and 1.2a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a DNS response containing a lab…
published 2007-02-21 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-1027
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 3.1%
- EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Niels Provos libevent 1.2 and 1.2a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a DNS response containing a label pointer that references its own offset.
Patch / fix
Exploit prediction
3.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
References
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securityfocus.com
/bid/22606
vdb-entry, patch
-
secunia.com
/advisories/24181
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
- monkey.org /~provos/libevent/
-
vupen.com
/english/advisories/2007/0647
vdb-entry
-
osvdb.org
/33228
vdb-entry
-
securityreason.com
/securityalert/2268
third-party-advisory
-
securityfocus.com
/archive/1/460530/100/0/threaded
mailing-list
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2007-1030
- NVD CVE-2007-1030
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