CVE-2016-6262
High
CVE-2016-6262
idn in libidn before 1.33 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information by reading a zero byte as input, which triggers an out-of-bounds read, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8948.
Exploit probability
6.5%
Published
September 7, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-6262
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idn in libidn before 1.33 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information by reading a zero byte as input, which triggers an out-of-bounds read, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8948.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=5e3cb9c7b5bf0ce665b9d68f5ddf095af5c9ba60
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00098.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92070
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3068-1
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2016-07/msg00009.html