CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-6263
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-09-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Description
The stringprep_utf8_nfkc_normalize function in lib/nfkc.c in libidn before 1.33 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted UTF-8 data.
Affected configurations
• gnu libidn (<= 1.32)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=1fbee57ef3c72db2206dd87e4162108b2f425555 Issue Tracking, Patch
- 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.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3658 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92070 Third Party Advisory, VDB 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 lists.apache.org
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E lists.apache.org
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2016-07/msg00009.html Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-06 security.gentoo.org
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=1fbee57ef3c72db2206dd87e4162108b2f425555 Issue Tracking, Patch
- 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.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3658 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92070 Third Party Advisory, VDB 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 lists.apache.org
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E lists.apache.org
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2016-07/msg00009.html Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-06 security.gentoo.org