CVE-2016-6262

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CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

6.51%

Published

Sep 7, 2016

Modified

May 6, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit (1)

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Description

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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125

Affected Products (6)

gnu · libidnvulnerable

canonical · ubuntu_linuxvulnerable

opensuse · leapvulnerable

opensuse · opensusevulnerable

References (20)

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=5e3cb9c7b5bf0ce665b9d68f5ddf095af5c9ba60

Issue TrackingPatch

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00005.html

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00098.html

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/6

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/4

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92070

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3068-1

Third Party Advisory

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

Vendor Advisory

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=5e3cb9c7b5bf0ce665b9d68f5ddf095af5c9ba60

Issue TrackingPatch

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00005.html

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00098.html

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/6

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/4

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92070

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3068-1

Third Party Advisory

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

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