CVE-2016-6261

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CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

4%p90

Published

Sep 7, 2016 (Sep 7, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The idna_to_ascii_4i function in lib/idna.c in libidn before 1.33 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via 64 bytes of input.

Vendors: opensuse gnu canonical
Products: leap, libidn, ubuntu linux
Weakness: CWE-125
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (3.9%)

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