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CVE-2026-112274

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Description

libtins through 4.6 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in DNS::soa_record::init that allows remote attackers to read past buffer bounds by supplying SOA data lacking NUL terminators. Attackers can feed raw SOA RDATA without a zero byte to applications using the buffer constructor, causing strlen to overrun the heap buffer and possibly crash.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.3 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-19 14:17:05.223000
Last modified
2026-10-19 21:14:14.150000
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  "published": "2026-10-19T14:17:05.223",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T21:14:14.150",
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