CVE-2015-8948

libidn: Out-of-bounds read due to use of fgets with fixed-size buffer

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.7

CVSS 3.0

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Published · August 10, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

idn in GNU 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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS 2.0 · 2.6
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read