CVE-2016-6262 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-6262?

CVE-2016-6262 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 7 Sep 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6262?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Gnu Libidn, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6262?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-6262 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6262 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-6262, GHSA-53mg-6xcj-rxjq, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6262.