addrinfo_from_hostent(const struct hostent *ent,
    int port, const struct evutil_addrinfo *hints)
{
	int i;
	struct sockaddr_in sin;
	struct sockaddr_in6 sin6;
	struct sockaddr *sa;
	int socklen;
	struct evutil_addrinfo *res=NULL, *ai;
	void *addrp;

	if (ent->h_addrtype == PF_INET) {
		memset(&sin, 0, sizeof(sin));
		sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
		sin.sin_port = htons(port);
		sa = (struct sockaddr *)&sin;
		socklen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
		addrp = &sin.sin_addr;
		if (ent->h_length != sizeof(sin.sin_addr)) {
			event_warnx("Weird h_length from gethostbyname");
			return NULL;
		}
	} else if (ent->h_addrtype == PF_INET6) {
		memset(&sin6, 0, sizeof(sin6));
		sin6.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
		sin6.sin6_port = htons(port);
		sa = (struct sockaddr *)&sin6;
		socklen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6);
		addrp = &sin6.sin6_addr;
		if (ent->h_length != sizeof(sin6.sin6_addr)) {
			event_warnx("Weird h_length from gethostbyname");
			return NULL;
		}
	} else
		return NULL;

	for (i = 0; ent->h_addr_list[i]; ++i) {
		memcpy(addrp, ent->h_addr_list[i], ent->h_length);
		ai = evutil_new_addrinfo_(sa, socklen, hints);
		if (!ai) {
			evutil_freeaddrinfo(res);
			return NULL;
		}
		res = evutil_addrinfo_append_(res, ai);
	}

	if (res && ((hints->ai_flags & EVUTIL_AI_CANONNAME) && ent->h_name)) {
		res->ai_canonname = mm_strdup(ent->h_name);
		if (res->ai_canonname == NULL) {
			evutil_freeaddrinfo(res);
			return NULL;
		}
	}

	return res;
}

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.