THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-6262
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-6262

Libidn vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
6.5%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Gnu
Affected product
Libidn
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2016-09-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 6.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-6262

  • Confirm whether Gnu Libidn is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-6262.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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