CVE-2016-6261

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 3.88%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-09-07 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

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CVE

CVE-2016-6261

Severity

HIGH

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

3.88%

Original Filing — NVD Description

The idna_to_ascii_4i function in lib/idna.c in libidn before 1.33 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via 64 bytes of input.