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CVE-2015-8948 idn in GNU 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.

HighCVSS 7.5 EPSS 6.8%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

idn in GNU 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.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/libidn(Debian:12) < 1.33-1 1.33-1
debian/libidn(Debian:13) < 1.33-1 1.33-1
debian/libidn(Debian:14) < 1.33-1 1.33-1
openSUSE leap = 42.1 No fix listed
opensuse = 13.2 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 12.04 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 14.04 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 16.04 No fix listed
GNU libidn <= 1.32 No fix listed
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.10) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.11) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.12) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.13) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.14) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.15) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.16) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.17) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.18) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.19) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.2) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.20) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.21) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.22) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.23) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.24) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.3) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.4) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.5) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.6) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.7) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.8) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0
alpine/libidn(Alpine:v3.9) < 1.33-r0 1.33-r0

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