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CVE-2016-6263

The stringprep_utf8_nfkc_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.

Published

2016-09-07T20:59:06.873

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-125

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	libidn	≤ 1.32	Yes

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=1fbee57ef3c72db2206dd87e4162108b2f425555 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00098.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3658 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92070 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3068-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E ([email protected])
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E ([email protected])
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2016-07/msg00009.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-06 ([email protected])
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=1fbee57ef3c72db2206dd87e4162108b2f425555 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00098.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3658 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92070 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3068-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2016-07/msg00009.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-06 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)