CVE-2016-6263
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6263
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6263.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6263
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-09-07T20:59:06.873Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-09T04:00:12.977033Z
- 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 stringpreputf8nfkc_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.
- 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/msg00005.html
- 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/2016-07/msg00009.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-06
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=1fbee57ef3c72db2206dd87e4162108b2f425555
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=1fbee57ef3c72db2206dd87e4162108b2f425555
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/4