CVE-2019-18224

CRITICAL

GNU libidn2 < 2.1.1 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in idn2_to_ascii_4i

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

idn2_to_ascii_4i in lib/lookup.c in GNU libidn2 before 2.1.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow via a long domain string.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/libidn/libidn2/compare/libidn2-2.1.0...libidn2-2.1.1
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=12420
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4168-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4613
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/4
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-63

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0240
EPSS Percentile 85.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
gnu/libidn2 < 2.1.1
Published Oct 21, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026