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CVE-2026-111137

libsmi: libsmi: Denial of service via out-of-bounds write in smiValueAsString()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 16, 2026

Updated · October 16, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in libsmi. An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the smiValueAsString() function allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). By supplying a specially crafted Management Information Base (MIB) file containing an oversized string value, an attacker can overflow an internal buffer, corrupt memory, and crash applications that parse the file.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write