Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-86766.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-86766
Upstream
Published
2026-05-11T18:16:41Z
Modified
2026-09-10T05:28:36Z
Summary
CVE-2026-5172 affecting package dnsmasq for versions less than 2.92-1
Details

A buffer overflow in dnsmasq’s extract_addresses() function allows an attacker to trigger a heap out-of-bounds read and crash by exploiting a malformed DNS response, enabling extract_name() to advance the pointer past the record’s end.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/dnsmasq

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.92-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-86766.json"