CVE-2026-5172

Published May 11, 2026

Last updated 2 days ago

CVSS high 7.3
Dns
Port (53)

Overview

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.
Source
cret@cert.org
NVD status
Awaiting Analysis

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
7.3
Impact score
3.4
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
CWE-125

Social media

Hype score
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  1. Dnsmasqに複数のメモリ脆弱性。CVE-2026-2291, CVE-2026-4890, CVE-2026-4891, CVE-2026-4892, CVE-2026-4893, CVE-2026-5172の6件。CVE-2026-4892はDHCPv6パケットでのroot権限任意コード実行。他の影響はキャッシュポイズニング、DoS、情報漏

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References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.