UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6262

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6262

    Published: 21 Jul 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-6262
    Aliases:
    USN-3068-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6262, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/6, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3068-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6262

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libidn

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.28-1ubuntu2.1

    Affected versions

    1.28-1ubuntu1

    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