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    CVE-2021-45953

    Dnsmasq 2.86 has a heap-based buffer overflow in extract_name (called from hash_questions and fuzz_util.c). NOTE: the vendor's position is that CVE-2021-45951 through CVE-2021-45957 "do not represent real vulnerabilities, to the best of our knowledge.

    Published:Dec 31, 2021
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Dec 31, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.00046
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Thekelleys
    Product
    Dnsmasq

    Exploits

    https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=35858https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=35858

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    CVE-2021-45955 (CVSS 9.8) — Dnsmasq 2.86 has a heap-based buffer overflow in resize_packet (called from FuzzResizePacket and fuzz_rfc1035.…
    CVE-2021-45956 (CVSS 9.8) — Dnsmasq 2.86 has a heap-based buffer overflow in print_mac (called from log_packet and dhcp_reply). NOTE: the …
    CVE-2021-45957 (CVSS 9.8) — Dnsmasq 2.86 has a heap-based buffer overflow in answer_request (called from FuzzAnswerTheRequest and fuzz_rfc…

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High