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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6261

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...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 libidn

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.33-1"}]}]

Debian:13 libidn

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.33-1"}]}]

Debian:14 libidn

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.33-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org