CVE-2016-6261
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6261
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6261.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6261
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-09-07T20:59:04.263Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-24T04:05:03.374655Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The idnatoascii_4i function in lib/idna.c in libidn before 1.33 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via 64 bytes of input.
- Database specific
{ "unresolved_ranges": [ { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libidn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "1.32" } ], "source": "CPE_FIELD" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "12.04" } ], "source": "CPE_FIELD" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "14.04" } ], "source": "CPE_FIELD" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "16.04" } ], "source": "CPE_FIELD" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "42.1" } ], "source": "CPE_FIELD" }, { "extracted_events": [ { "fixed": "1.33" } ], "source": "DESCRIPTION" } ] }- References
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- 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
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00098.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3658
- 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.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2015-07/msg00016.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2016-07/msg00009.html
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=f20ce1128fb7f4d33297eee307dddaf0f92ac72d