CVE-2016-6261

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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
ALPINE (1)
CLEANSTART (1)
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (1)
openSUSE (2)
SUSE (4)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
openSUSE (2)
SUSE (4)
Published
2016-09-07T20:59:04Z
Modified
2026-11-01T10:33:22Z
Severity
  • 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

The idna_to_ascii_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": [
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libidn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "range": [
                        {
                            "last_affected": "1.32"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "gnu:libidn"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "range": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "12.04"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "12.04"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "14.04"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "14.04"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "16.04"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "16.04"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "range": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "42.1"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "42.1"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "range": [
                        {
                            "fixed": "1.33"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
f20ce1128fb7f4d33297eee307dddaf0f92ac72d
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "range": [
                {
                    "fixed": "f20ce1128fb7f4d33297eee307dddaf0f92ac72d"
                }
            ],
            "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6261.json"