CVE-2016-6262

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6262
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6262.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6262
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-09-07T20:59:05Z
Modified
2026-08-24T11:38:52Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific
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            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libidn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "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":  [
                {
                    "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":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "42.1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "42.1"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "opensuse:leap"
        },
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "13.2"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "13.2"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "opensuse:opensuse"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "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
5e3cb9c7b5bf0ce665b9d68f5ddf095af5c9ba60
Database specific
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    "source":  "REFERENCES"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6262.json"