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
2026-03-20T11:14:43.821030Z
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 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

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
1fbee57ef3c72db2206dd87e4162108b2f425555
Type
GIT
Repo
https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
1fbee57ef3c72db2206dd87e4162108b2f425555

Database specific

unresolved_ranges
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "1.32"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "1.33"
            }
        ]
    }
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6263.json"