{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6262","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.","modified":"2026-04-22T11:28:42.092992Z","published":"2016-07-21T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-3068-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-6262"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6262"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/6"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3068-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6262"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libidn","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libidn@1.28-1ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.28-1ubuntu2.1"}]}],"versions":["1.28-1ubuntu1","1.28-1ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"idn","binary_version":"1.28-1ubuntu2.1"},{"binary_name":"libidn11","binary_version":"1.28-1ubuntu2.1"},{"binary_name":"libidn11-java","binary_version":"1.28-1ubuntu2.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6262.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libidn","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libidn@1.32-3ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.32-3ubuntu1.1"}]}],"versions":["1.28-1ubuntu2","1.32-3ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"idn","binary_version":"1.32-3ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"libidn11","binary_version":"1.32-3ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"libidn11-java","binary_version":"1.32-3ubuntu1.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6262.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}