CVE-2016-6262

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CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

7%p93

Published

Sep 7, 2016 (Sep 7, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

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

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (6.5%)

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