CVE-2016-6263

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
The stringprep_utf8_nfkc_normalize function in lib/nfkc.c in libidn before 1.33 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted UTF-8 data.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6263
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-09-07T20:59:06
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-06-29T15:15:10
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libidn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.32
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00098.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2016-07/msg00009.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92070 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3068-1 Third Party Advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=1fbee57ef3c72db2206dd87e4162108b2f425555 Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3658
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-06
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6263
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6263
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:09:35 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:02:00 2016-09-07T20:59Z 2016-09-07T20:59:06 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:02:00 2021-06-29T15:15:10 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:02:00 Modified Vulnerability Status updated