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CVE-2026-57053 (GCVE-0-2026-57053)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-23 16:40 – Updated: 2026-06-23 17:40
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Summary
GNU libidn before 1.44 is prone to out-of-bounds reads of uninitialized memory in the ToUnicode APIs because of mishandling in idna_to_unicode_internal. The affected code is not present in libidn2.
Severity
4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-23 17:40 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-1284 - Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GNU libidn Affected: 0 , < 1.44 (custom)
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