CVE-2016-6262

libidn: Out-of-bounds read when reading zero byte as input

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.7

CVSS 3.0

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Published · January 14, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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.

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:N/I:N/A:L

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

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read