CVE-2026-5172

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.
Configurations

No configuration.

History

30 Jun 2026, 03:21

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References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19158 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5172 -
  • () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458521 -
  • () https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-5172.json -
CWE CWE-125

13 May 2026, 14:17

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.3

11 May 2026, 21:19

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References
  • () https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL/releases/tag/v6.6.2 -

11 May 2026, 19:16

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References
  • {'url': 'https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/', 'source': 'cret@cert.org'}
  • () https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/519082 -
  • () https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/519093 -
  • () https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2026q2/018471.html -
  • () https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CVE/ -

11 May 2026, 18:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-11 18:16

Updated : 2026-07-15 01:16


NVD link : CVE-2026-5172

Mitre link : CVE-2026-5172

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-5172


JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE
CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read