CVE-2016-6262
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.3%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-6262
To remediate CVE-2016-6262, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/libidn—upgrade to 1.33-r0 or later
Is CVE-2016-6262 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.33-r0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |