CVE-2021-45953 (GCVE-0-2021-45953)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-31 23:52 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:54 Disputed
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Dnsmasq 2.86 has a heap-based buffer overflow in extract_name (called from hash_questions and fuzz_util.c). NOTE: the vendor's position is that CVE-2021-45951 through CVE-2021-45957 "do not represent real vulnerabilities, to the best of our knowledge.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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| https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/mai… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detai… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq… | x_refsource_MISC |
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