CVE-2015-8948

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

idn in GNU 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 7, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2015-8948: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix