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vulnerabilityCVE-2026-5172
Name
CVE-2026-5172
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
A buffer overflow in dnsmasq’s extract_addresses() function allows an attacker to trigger a heap out-of-bounds read and crash by exploiting a malformed DNS response, enabling extract_name() to advance the pointer past the record’s end.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
-
Advisories

Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
dnsmasq
Exploitable

Vulnerability Ratings#


7.3
CVSSv31
7.5
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
2.92rel2
Not Affected
buildroot
master
2.93
Not Affected
openwrt
master
2.93-r2
Not Affected
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
2.93-r1
Not Affected
yocto
master
2.93
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
2.90
Exploitable