MGASA-2016-0269: libidn Mageia

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 26-07-2016Last modified 16-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

MGASA-2016-0269 is a vulnerability in libidn Mageia with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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0%100%
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 4 · Downstream 0
CVE-2015-8948CVE-2016-6261CVE-2016-6262CVE-2016-6263

Timeline

  1. 26-07-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Updated libidn packages fix security vulnerability Out-of-bounds stack read in libidn before 1.33 in idna_to_ascii_4i (CVE-2016-6261). Out-of-bounds-read in libidn when reading one zero byte as input (CVE-2015-8948, CVE-2016-6262). In libidn before 1.33, stringprep_utf8_nfkc_normalize would crash when presented with invalid UTF-8 (CVE-2016-6263).

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Public exploits

0 found

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Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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Affected systems

Mageia1 product
  • libidn< 1.33-1.mga5

1 vendor · 1 product

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